From Masnavi of Rumi. Daylight the very...(Post 58)

daylight, the very fact of seeking it announces his blindness.

To say in the midst of the day ‘Where is the day?’ Is to expose yourself.
The way to certainty is not the way of reason. One seeks no proof in the presence of that which stands proved in front of ones eyes.

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Shahi Qila decorative work in Lahore Paklistan (297)

Shahi Qila Lahore Pakistan. Decorative work.

Sufism and Islamic sprituality by professor Sayyed Hosain Nasr. (Post 154)

A link to a talk on Islamic spirituality and Sufism by professor Sayyed Hosain Nasr of George Washington University. He is regarded as an authority on Islam and Sufism. His under graduate degree is in physics and mathematics from MIT. Masters from Harvard in earth sciences and a PhD in history of science and philosophy also from Harvard in 1958. He has published about 50 books and several hundred articles. https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=VB5-l299Ikc&t=298s

Sorces that I have used for my blog. (Post 167)

Sources that I have found useful in preparing material for my blog. I hope it will assist others to access information. It is a good practice to consult more than one reliable source.The sources are; Oxford encyclopedia of Islamic world. at , http://www.oxfordreference.com /view/10.1093/acref/9780195305 135.001.0001/acref-97801953051 35 .. It is an excellent but it costs $199 a year. University of Georgia. www.uga.edu/islam by Dr Alan Godlas. It is a comprehensive site on Islam and Sufism. All material on Islam is in one place and it us free. Princeton University. https://www.princeton.edu/~hum comp/scholars.html . It has all Muslim scholars of the Golden age of Islam in one place. Fordham University. internet Islamic history source book at; https://sourcebooks.fordham.ed u/islam/islamsbook.asp Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy at; www.plato.stanford.edu/entries /omar-khayyam . Ibn Sina, Ibn Arabi , Al Kindi a...

Islam and Sufism an introduction

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