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Leave aside craving for other than God: anything else is pseudo thought. Except the Real One, all things are perishable. Each instant concentrate on the Real; undoubtedly this is the committed way.

— Khwaja Ghulam Farid The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004)

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Beauty and ugliness are manifestations of the self-The lovely colorless is in each color.

The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004)

O Farid ! Friend is not hidden; everywhere He is openly manifest. Darkness is all pervaise Light. Only it has been named differently.

The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004)

From the hand of the cup-bearer I drank the goblet of love. Oneness became overpowering, forget infidelity and Islam.

The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004)

The mysteries of Oneness of Being are remarkable. They are known by the dealers of unity who behold the real Sinai Flash in each and every existent.

The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004)

Whoever found the beloved in the temple of the heart, got purged of all affliction and sin, by meditation attained permanence. Farid subsists without individuality.

The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004)

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