Thread by @Jawnmard1

Literalism may satisfy children, but the mature mind and the heart have rights which Islam, as a religion grounded in the radiant heart of the Prophet himself, has proved admirably able to satisfy.
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The inner reality, which is Prophecy, came to an end with his death, but the Prophet's wilaya, his spiritual rank, remains an inspiration to which Muslim attention is constantly called.
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For it is the Antichrist who sees with only one eye. An unbalanced preoccupation with either the outward or the inward aspect of religion may be expected in times of ignorance and sedition.
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The renewer of religion, who stands against his times, is he who insists that we see with both eyes, and thus behold the world in perspective.
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Such has been the concern of the Naqshbandi ulama and imams down the generations to the present day.
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— Shaykh Dr. Abdal Hakim Murad (TJ Winter)

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Shaikh Amin 'Ala ad-Din an-Naqshbandi, Sufism: A Wayfarer’s Guide to the Naqshbandi Way
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