Sharafuddin Maneri: When you lose yourself in God
Photo: Miniature from the Khamesh of Nizami from Savafid Shiraz, Iran; 16th Century. The miniature depicts an emaciated Majnun, his head leaning on Layla's lap, the scene watched by attentive gazelles, foxes and a lion, a white leopard in a rocky massif above.
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When you lose yourself in God, you proclaim the divine Unity.
Lose the sense of "being lost" -- that is complete detachment!
(Sharafuddin Maneri)
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Source & Recommended Reading:
Sharafuddin Maneri: The Hundred Letters
by Sharafuddin Maneri (Author), Paul Jackson (Translator), Syed Hasan Askari (Introduction)
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