A History of God
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I'm reading Karen Armstrong's fascinating and learned book A History of God right now, and came across this lovely passage from the Koran:
"Do not argue with the followers of earlier revelations otherwise than in the most kindly manner---unless it be such of them as are set on evil doing---and say: 'We believe in that which has been bestowed upon us, as well as that which has been bestowed upon you: for our God and your God is one and the same, and it is unto him that we [all] surrender ourselves."
An interesting portion of this ancient text. And this passage from ibn Al-Arabi, the 12th-century Muslim mystic:
"My heart is capable of every form
A cloister for the monk, a fane for idols
A pasture for gazelles, the votary's Kabah
The tables of the Torah, the Koran.
Love is the faith I hold: wherever turn
His camels, still the one true faith is mine."
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I'm reading Karen Armstrong's fascinating and learned book A History of God right now, and came across this lovely passage from the Koran:
"Do not argue with the followers of earlier revelations otherwise than in the most kindly manner---unless it be such of them as are set on evil doing---and say: 'We believe in that which has been bestowed upon us, as well as that which has been bestowed upon you: for our God and your God is one and the same, and it is unto him that we [all] surrender ourselves."
An interesting portion of this ancient text. And this passage from ibn Al-Arabi, the 12th-century Muslim mystic:
"My heart is capable of every form
A cloister for the monk, a fane for idols
A pasture for gazelles, the votary's Kabah
The tables of the Torah, the Koran.
Love is the faith I hold: wherever turn
His camels, still the one true faith is mine."
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