Khwaja Abdullah Ansari: In Each Breath

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In Each Breath

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by Khwaja Abdullah Ansari
(1006 - 1088) Timeline

English version by
A.G. Farhadi

Original Language
Persian/Farsi

Muslim / Sufi

11th Century

O you who have departed from your own self,
and who have not yet reached the Friend:
do not be sad, for
He is accompanying you in each of your breaths.

-- from Munajat: The Intimate Invocations, by Sheikh Ansari / Translated by A. G. Farhadi

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Recommended Books

	Abdullah Ansari of Herat: An Early Sufi Master, by A. G. R. Farhadi
	Ibn 'Ata' Illah the Book of Wisdom/Kwaja Abdullah Ansari Intimate Conversations, Translated by Victor Danner / Translated by Wheeler M. Thackston
	Munajat: The Intimate Invocations, by Sheikh Ansari / Translated by A. G. Farhadi
	Perfume of the Desert: Inspirations from the Sufi Wisdom, by Andrew Harvey / Eryk Hanut
	Poetry for the Spirit: Poems of Universal Wisdom and Beauty, Edited by Alan Jacobs

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