TEN SUFI THOUGHTS
There are ten principal Sufi thoughts, which comprise all the important subjects with which the inner life of man is concerned.
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‘There is One God, the Eternal, the Only Being; none exists save He.’ |
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‘There is One Master, the Guiding Spirit of all Souls, Who constantly leads His followers towards the light.’ |
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‘There is One Holy Book, the sacred manuscript of nature, the only scripture which can enlighten the reader.’ |
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‘There is One Religion, the unswerving progress in the right direction towards the ideal, which fulfills the life’s purpose of every soul.’ |
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‘There is One Law, the law of reciprocity, which can be observed by a selfless conscience, together with a sense of awakened justice.’ |
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‘There is One Brotherhood, the human brotherhood which unites the children of earth indiscriminately in the Fatherhood of God.’ |
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‘There is One Moral, the love which springs forth from self-denial and blooms in deeds of beneficence.’ |
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‘There is One Object of Praise, the beauty which uplifts the heart of its worshippers through all aspects from the seen to the unseen.’ |
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‘There is One Truth, the true knowledge of our being, within and without, which is the essence of all wisdom.’ |
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‘There is One Path, the annihilation of the false ego in the real, which raises the mortal to immortality, in which resides all perfection.’ |