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 |