February 3, 2015

Sufi Mystics

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Sufi mystics say the secret of the Qur’an lies in the verse Al-Fatiha, And the secret of Al-Fatiha lies in Bismillahirrahmanirrahim And the quintessence of Bismillah is the letter ba, And there is a dot below that letter …. The dot underneath the B embodies the entire universe….

Excerpt From: Shafak, Elif. “The Forty Rules of Love.” PENGUIN group, 2014-07-15.

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