The Teaching of Hazrat Inayat Khan

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It is very good to say that one has a Christian faith, another a Moslem faith, and another has a Jewish faith. If a Christian had a Christian faith, if a Moslem had a Moslem faith, if a Jew had a Jewish faith, what more do you want? Because faith no longer is Christian or Moslem or Jewish: once a person has reached faith, he no longer needs a faith, he is above all religions and he is of all religions. In the Hindustani language, they separate the word faith, which is used in everyday language, from the other word, which is used in connection with one's spiritual evolution. That faith is called "Yaqin" and that yaqin develops into what they call "iman." Yaqin is a settled belief; iman is the culmination of faith. When you say, "It is so," that means belief. But when you say, "It cannot be otherwise," that means faith. And when you say, "I wonder," it is imagination.


 
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