Setting aside the majesty of the Arabic text and its quasi-magical resonances, a reader could well b
Setting aside the majesty of the Arabic text and its quasi-magical resonances, a reader could well become wearied of the content did he not know that it concerns ourselves in a quite concrete and direct way, since the “disbelievers” (the kāfirūn), and “associaters” of false divinities with God (the mushrikūn) and the hypocrites (the munāfiqūn) are within ourselves; likewise that the Prophets represent our intellect and our consciousness, that all the tales in the Qur'an are enacted almost daily in our souls, that Mecca is our heart and that the tithe, the fast, the pilgrimage and the holy war are so many contemplative attitudes. ~ Frithjof Schuon [image source] -- source link
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