Frithjof Schuon Archive
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Understanding Islam: A New Translation with Selected Letters
Prof. Seyyed Hossein Nasr says that this is Schuon’s “most important work on Islam and [from] among the books written by a Westerner on Islam, [this is] the one most universally accepted by Muslims.”
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Autumn Leaves & The Ring-Sidi Ahmad
It was in Mostaghanem. Somber moodOppressed me as I stood in the openBy the mosque. And an Arab cameIn black burnous, took me by the handAnd said to me: “Thee I have known for long;Say thrice: ‘Lead us on the straight path.’I thank thee; farewell, salâm” —And left. I...
Autumn Leaves & The Ring-Heritage
“Somewhere within my being thereMust be a sacred land.When I look inside myselfI stand as by the sea.”Almost a hundred years agoMy father wrote these words.The sacred land he did not find —He stood at Janna’s gate.Yet not in vain: nostalgia drewHim to a pious...
Autumn Leaves & The Ring-Keys
Tell thyself that God is the Now, and remainIn holy silence, God-consecrated stillness;Another time, tell thyself that the Now of GodFavors activity — be thou His Will.Understand that God is the Center within thee —Abide motionless in the inwardness of...
Autumn Leaves & The Ring-The Relationship
Relative — like the whole world —Is the phenomenon of man: absoluteIs God alone.What counts are not the triflesOf culture and science, for which men vie —It is only our relationship with the OneThat is everything — which men thinkIs but a dream.If you hold fast to...
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