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... Muḥammad laid chief stress on right conduct , and this consisted in implicit obedience to every one of Allah's commands , as disobedience to any one was sin . The distinction between moral laws and commands merely relating to ritual ...
... Muḥammad laid chief stress on right conduct , and this consisted in implicit obedience to every one of Allah's commands , as disobedience to any one was sin . The distinction between moral laws and commands merely relating to ritual ...
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prayers , fasting , etc.1 It may well be doubted if Muḥammad is responsible for some of the directions about ritual which are ascribed to him , 2 but , be this as it may , more and more importance came to be assigned to the scrupulous ...
prayers , fasting , etc.1 It may well be doubted if Muḥammad is responsible for some of the directions about ritual which are ascribed to him , 2 but , be this as it may , more and more importance came to be assigned to the scrupulous ...
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... Muḥammad had no taste for speculation . He said : Think on the mercies of God , not on the essence of God . " And again : " Sit not with those who discuss predesti- nation . " His language on predestination is merely popular . In one ...
... Muḥammad had no taste for speculation . He said : Think on the mercies of God , not on the essence of God . " And again : " Sit not with those who discuss predesti- nation . " His language on predestination is merely popular . In one ...
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... Muḥammad , like Luther , rejected asceticism . Suhra- wardy quotes several of his anti - ascetic sayings , including the familar one " There is no monasticism in Islām " . He approved of poverty , it is true , and prescribed a month of ...
... Muḥammad , like Luther , rejected asceticism . Suhra- wardy quotes several of his anti - ascetic sayings , including the familar one " There is no monasticism in Islām " . He approved of poverty , it is true , and prescribed a month of ...
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... Muḥammad Kazvini , who has furnished me with a literal 1 For a sketch of the system of Plotinus , who is the best exponent of Neoplatonism , see Appendix II . 2 Haji Khalfa , v , 344 . The Munich Catalogue , p . 21 , mentions a ...
... Muḥammad Kazvini , who has furnished me with a literal 1 For a sketch of the system of Plotinus , who is the best exponent of Neoplatonism , see Appendix II . 2 Haji Khalfa , v , 344 . The Munich Catalogue , p . 21 , mentions a ...
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Page 34 - But the natural man receiveth not the things of the spirit of God ; for they are foolishness unto him; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
Page 29 - On the other hand, viewed in His aspect of multiplicity and plurality, under which He displays Himself when clothed with phenomena, He is the whole created universe. Therefore the universe is the outward visible expression of the Real, and the Real is the inner unseen reality of the universe. The universe before it was evolved to outward view was identical with the Real; and the Real after this evolution is identical with the universe.
Page 37 - TIS HE WHO LIVES WITHIN OUR FORMS " Both power and being are denied to us, The lack of both is what's ordained for us ; But since 'tis He who lives within our forms, Both power and action are ascribed to us. Your " self " is non-existent, knowing one ! Deem not your actions by yourself are done ; Make no wry faces at this wholesome truth— " Build the wall ere the fresco is begun.
Page 2 - Make my heart pure, my soul from error free, Make tears and sighs my daily lot to be, And lead me on Thy road away from self, That lost to self I may approach to Thee.
Page 3 - After a request to his readers to refrain from " cavilling and animadversion," he continues, this time in verse : Believe me, I am naught — yea, less than naught. By naught and less than naught what can be taught ? * The Persian Mysties : Jaiau'd-Din.
Page 6 - The Absolute Beauty is the Divine Majesty endued with [the attributes of] power and bounty. Every beauty and perfection manifested in the theatre of the various grades of beings is a ray of His perfect beauty reflected therein. It is from these rays that exalted souls have received their impress of beauty and their quality of perfection. Whosoever is wise derives his wisdom from Divine wisdom. * The first verse belongs to
Page 50 - ... works.) He, praised be his name, exists after such a manner that nothing besides him hath any being but what is produced by his operation, and floweth from his justice after the best, most excellent, most perfect, and most just model. He is, moreover, wise in his works, and just in his decrees.
Page 33 - The glorious God, whose bounty, mercy, grace, And loving-kindness all the world embrace, At every moment brings a world to naught, And fashions such another in its place. All gifts soever unto God are due, Yet special gifts from special " Names " ensue ; At every breath one " Name " annihilates, And one creates all outward things anew.* THE GOD BEHIND THE VEIL " 0 fairest rose, with rosebud mouth...
Page 31 - ... manifestation of Real Being in the grades of visible things under the guise of these forms and accidents, whereas in truth these accidents and forms are only manifested to outward view by the operation of that underlying Real Being. Philosophers devoid of reason find This world a mere idea of the mind , 'Tis an idea — but they fail to see The great Idealist who looms behind.
Page 57 - But suppose that having delivered their message, they held their peace, turning their ear to Him Who made them and that He alone spoke, not by them, but for Himself, and that we heard His word, not by any fleshly tongue, nor by an angel's voice, nor in the thunder, nor in any similitude, but His voice Whom we love in His creatures.