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To: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.sufi,alt.islam.sufism,alt.consciousness.mysticism,talk.religion.misc From: tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com (nagasiva) Subject: YahyaM: The importance of Shariah Date: 12 Sep 1997 13:25:07 -0700 [from tariqas@world.std.com: YahyaM@aol.com] << 1) If Al-Ihsan means Worshipping God as if one sees God but if one is not able to do that , then at least realising that God is seeing one , then Sufism is the practice of Shariat at the level of Al Ihsan.>> <<> ... I'm beginning to see the 'beauty' of Shariah (Law) how it binds me > to my life in this short span > of time on Earth. >> Beauty is exactly the right word. The word "ihsan," which is really a synonym for the essence of Sufism, which was defined by the Prophet himself, peace be upon him, in the hadith of Gabriel, saying "Ihsan is to worship Allah as if you see Him -- you don't see Him? then know that he sees you" --- the word is derived from the root .h-s-n meaning at once both "goodness" and "beauty". To perform ihsan, which is to realize the essence of Sufism, is to achieve both goodness and beauty in what you do. The Prophet also said in another hadith that God wants us to do ihsan in all things -- whatever you do, do it well -- when you slaughter, make sure the knife is very sharp. EOF -- (emailed replies may be posted);join the AMT syncretism!!;call: 408/2-666-SLUG! see http://www.abyss.com/tokus; "Clement of Rome taught that God rules the world with a right and a left hand, the right being Christ, the left Satan." - CGJung
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