Sharafuddin Maneri: O heart, if you go seeking along His way

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O heart, if you go seeking along His way

by Sharafuddin Maneri
(1263 - 1381) Timeline

English version by
Paul Jackson

Muslim / Sufi

14th Century

O heart, if you go seeking along His way,
Look carefully in front and behind, and only then proceed!
Look at the travellers who have arrived at His threshold,
Generation after generation have arrived together!
How do you know about which road to take?
How can you know which one leads to His threshold?
For every single particle there is a particular entrance:
Yes, for each particle there is indeed a separate road to Him!

-- from A Book of Uncommon Prayer, Edited by Theo Dorgan

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Themes

Heart

Recommended Books

	A Book of Uncommon Prayer, Edited by Theo Dorgan
	Early Sufi Masters: Sharafuddin Maneri and Abdullah Ansari, by Masood Ali Khan / S. Ram
	In Quest of God: Maneri's Second Collection of 150 Letters, by Sharafuddin Maneri / Translated by Paul Jackson
	Sharafuddin Maneri: The Hundred Letters (Classics of Western Spirituality), by Sharafuddin Maneri / Edited by Paul Jackson

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