For theory without practice is like a spirit without a body......

Practice what you have learned,....

            for theory without practice is like a spirit without a body.

One who is content with learning alone is not learned,....

           for the truly learned seeks more than mere words.

Divine guidance entails self-mortification,...

           without which contemplation is unattainable.

From "The Bounty of Allah," translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed.

                                   New York, 1999.