Khwaja Abdullah Ansari: In this path the eye must cease to see
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Photo: Martin Lings (24 January 1909 – 12 May 2005), also known as Shaykh Abū Bakr Sirāj ad-Dīn, was an English Muslim writer, scholar, and philosopher. He was an authority on the work of William Shakespeare and is best known as the author of Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources, first published in 1983 and still in print.
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In this path the eye must cease to see,
And the ear to hear,
Save unto Him, and about Him.
Be as dust on His path.
Even the kings of this earth
Make the dust of His feet
The balm of their eyes.
(Khwaja Abdullah Ansari)
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Recommended Reading:
'Ibn Ata'Illah/Khwaja Abdullah Ansari (CWS): The Book of Wisdom and Kwaja Abdullah Ansari, Intimate Conversations'
By Victor Danner (Author)
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Description:
Two early Sufi classics are contained here in one volume. They embody the essence of spiritual life in the Islamic tradition. Ibn Ata Illah (c. 1250-1309) was a Sufi saint and sage who lived in Egypt. Kwaja Abdullah Ansari (1006-1089) was one of major early writers of Persian mystical literature.
'Ibn Ata'Illah/Khwaja Abdullah Ansari (CWS): The Book of Wisdom and Kwaja Abdullah Ansari, Intimate Conversations'
By Victor Danner (Author)
Purchase Book:
Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk
Description:
Two early Sufi classics are contained here in one volume. They embody the essence of spiritual life in the Islamic tradition. Ibn Ata Illah (c. 1250-1309) was a Sufi saint and sage who lived in Egypt. Kwaja Abdullah Ansari (1006-1089) was one of major early writers of Persian mystical literature.
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