Junayd al-Baghdadi

Sufism is that the Real makes you die to yourself and brings you alive in Him.

هو أن يميتك الحق عنك ويحييك به

Huve en yumîteke'l-Hakku anke ve yuhyîke bih.

Al-Qushayri, al-Risala, chapter on "Sufism".

Junayd is asked about Sufism.
His answer is two verbs.

He makes you die to yourself.
He brings you alive in Him.

The one who makes die and the one who brings alive
is not the traveler himself.
Here he leaves behind
his trust in his own effort.

The whole map of fana (passing away) and union
fits into this short answer.

On a path much talked about,
a short answer shows the way.
The rest is to be lived.

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