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Saturday, August 22, 2020

August 22 That one is living whose sympathy is awake; and that one is dead

August 22 That one is living whose sympathy is awake; and that one is dead whose heart is asleep. – Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): The real life is not limited by thought or action. The real life is not qualified by mind or matter.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 21, 2020

August 21 The whole world’s treasure is too small a price to pay for a wor

August 21 The whole world’s treasure is too small a price to pay for a word that kindles the soul. – Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): The whole world’s treasures cannot be carried away, besides which the thought of them would become a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 20, 2020

August 20 Cleverness and complexity are not necessarily wisdom. – Hazrat P

August 20 Cleverness and complexity are not necessarily wisdom. – Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): These qualities come to one from subtlety of mind, from being able to turn thoughts in certain directions and to mold the mind-stuff, so... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 19, 2020

August 19 Overlook the greatest fault of another, but do not partake of it

August 19 Overlook the greatest fault of another, but do not partake of it yourself in the smallest degree. – Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): There are several manners for overlooking the fault of another. One way is often equal to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 18, 2020

August 18 Do not take the example of another as an excuse for your own wro

August 18 Do not take the example of another as an excuse for your own wrong doing. – Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): To the talib there are two ways for selecting an ideal, and they may not be different. One way is to follow some... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 17, 2020

August 17 Love is the current coin of all peoples in all periods. – Hazrat

August 17 Love is the current coin of all peoples in all periods. – Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): Without Ishk there would be no social order, no nation, no family, no union or cooperation between soul and soul. This is the very... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 16, 2020

August 16 Words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels. – H

August 16 Words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels. – Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): For such words can never pass away in the here and now or hereafter. Even if we consider that soul will exist in the midst of God... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 15, 2020

August 15 The pain of life is the price paid for the quickening of the hea

August 15 The pain of life is the price paid for the quickening of the heart. – Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): Heart expands and contracts. The nufs tends to keep the heart in contraction and brings about its hardness. This arises... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 14, 2020

August 14 In the country you see the glory of God; in the city you glorify

August 14 In the country you see the glory of God; in the city you glorify God’s name. – Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): In the country it is God who reveals the Divine Being to us, but in the city it is humanity who must work to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 12, 2020

August 13 The lover of nature is the true worshipper of God. – Hazrat Pir-

August 13 The lover of nature is the true worshipper of God. – Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): Nature is the aspect of God which includes names and forms. It is still the aspect of God, and the darkness in nature is only a veil to... Sign in to see full entry.

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