The Teaching of Hazrat Inayat Khan

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Turning now to the traditions, we find that the Qur'an says, "Know thyself and know God ", and another Sura, "Know God in nature." But in nature we find nothing perfect, nothing that we can call God, no perfect man, no perfect woman. If he is very learned, he is not brave. If he is very brave, he knows nothing. If he has great imagination, he will not know how many pence there are in a shilling, and he is defective in this way. If she is beautiful, she has no intelligence or learning. If she has learning, she has no beauty. If she has a very great personality, she has no intelligence. If she has much intelligence, she has no charm of personality.


 
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