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Al-Ahad
The
One
Say:
He is Allah, the One.
He is Allah, the Eternal,
Al-Ikhlas
112:1-2, tr. Helminski
What
does it mean to learn
the knowledge of God's Unity?
To consume yourself in the presence of the One. If you wish to
shine like day,
burn up the night of self-existence.
Dissolve in the Being who is everything.
you grabbed hold of "I" and "we,"
and this dualism is your ruin.
Rumi, Mathnawi I:3009-3012, tr. Helminski |
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