O mankind! It is you who stand in need of Allah; and Allah is the Rich, the Praiseworthy.
يا أيها الناس أنتم الفقراء إلى الله والله هو الغني الحميد
Yâ eyyühe'n-nâsü entümü'l-fukarâu ila'llâh, va'llâhü hüve'l-ganiyyü'l-hamîd.
The Holy Qur'an, Surah Fatir 35:15.
In Sufism, poverty is the name of a stance before it is the emptiness of a pocket, and this verse is its ground.
The address is to all people; the rich and the poor are named with the same word.
The word “fuqarā” in the verse is plural; the dervish is called “faqīr” from the same root.
The servant who knows his need sees that what he counted as his own is a trust.
This is the everyday form of annihilation: to give up the claim of ownership and to know the Owner of all things.