The Mystics of Islam
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This is the state of the gnostic, even when he is awake ; God hath said, ' Thou wouldst deem them awake while they slept.'* He is asleep, day and night, to the affairs of the world.
Like a pen in the controlling hand of the Lord." f%The Sufis have always declared and be- lieved themselves to be God's chosen people.
The Koran refers in several places to His elect.\. According to the author of the Kitdb dl-LiMna',- this title belongs, firstly, to the prophets, elect in virtue of their sinlessness..., their inspiration, and their apostolic mission ; and secondly, to certain Moslems, elect in virtue of their sincere devotion and self- mortification and firm attachment to the 1 By erasing all the sensuous impressions which form a veil between the soul and the world of reality.
' Kor. i8. 17.
122 THE MYSTICS OF ISLAM eternal realities : in a word, the saints.
While the Stifis are the elect of the Moslem community, the saints are the elect of the Sufisw^ The Mohammedan saint is commonly known as a wall (plural, awliyd).
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
This is the state of the gnostic, even when he is awake ; God hath said, ' Thou wouldst deem them awake while they slept.'* He is asleep, day and night, to the affairs of the world.
Like a pen in the controlling hand of the Lord." f%The Sufis have always declared and be- lieved themselves to be God's chosen people.
The Koran refers in several places to His elect.\. According to the author of the Kitdb dl-LiMna',- this title belongs, firstly, to the prophets, elect in virtue of their sinlessness..., their inspiration, and their apostolic mission ; and secondly, to certain Moslems, elect in virtue of their sincere devotion and self- mortification and firm attachment to the 1 By erasing all the sensuous impressions which form a veil between the soul and the world of reality.
' Kor. i8. 17.
122 THE MYSTICS OF ISLAM eternal realities : in a word, the saints.
While the Stifis are the elect of the Moslem community, the saints are the elect of the Sufisw^ The Mohammedan saint is commonly known as a wall (plural, awliyd).
What to read after The Mystics of Islam?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Reynold Alleyne Nicholson to read onlineMoreLess
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