MAQLT Snippets of Sufi Wisdom

Sufism is perhaps the deepest mystical current in the richvenerable and multi-faceted spirituality of Islam. NeitherIslam Judaism or Christianity must be mistaken simplyas 'religion'. All religious practices emerge and developfrom a pre-existing apprehension of a Divine Mysterythat is too deep for words. Silence about God whoseName is above and beyond every other name is acautionary tale told by each of the world's three majorreligions.The Sayings of the Sufi Masters collected in this book area small sampling of what is a bottomless wealth of Islamicspirituality. The accompanying meditations are myattempt for a Christian perspective to disclose a mysticunity underlying the religious differences that so oftenseparate two of the world's greatest faithcommunities. Like the Persian poet Hafiz I aspire to be'a hole in the flute that the Christ's breath movesthrough'. The reader can decide how beautiful the musicsounds