Saturday, 20 April 2013

The Religion of Love...


Dear All

Recently a former student got in touch with me and to my surprise she admitted that had been praying for more than 4 years now that I would ‘see the light’ and come to Jesus Christ...

A close colleague who is a devout Hindu regularly prays for me and has hinted that I should consider re-converting as my forefathers were Ksatriyaa / Warrior caste Hindu’s...


I am reminded of the great Ibn Arabi who exquisitely remarks:


"My heart has become a receptacle of every form;
it is a pasture for gazelles and a convent for Christian monks,
and a temple for idols, and pilgrims' kaba,
and the tablets of the torah, and the book of the Koran.
I follow the religion of love, whichever way its camels take.
For this is my religion and my faith." (translated by A.E. Affifi)






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