"Whoever comes to repent before death is not late."
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p. 32, An old man said to Shaqiq: "I have sinned much and now want to repent", Shaqiq replied this statement".
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Shaqiq al-Balkhi
Shaqiq al-Balkhi (d. 810) was an early Sufi saint of the Khorasan school. Tradition makes him the disciple of Ibrahim ibn Adham. He emphasized the importance of tawakkul or reliance upon God.
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