Wednesday, June 19, 2013

The Koranic vision of the unity of all rightly guided religion


The ulema were beginning to distinguish Islam sharply from other religions, seeing it as the one, true faith, but Sufis by and large remained true to the Koranic vision of the unity of all rightly guided religion. Jesus, for example, was revered by many Sufis as the prophet of the interior life. Some even amended the Shahadah, the profession of faith, to say: “There is no god but al-Lah and Jesus is his Messenger,” which was technically correct but intentionally provocative.




~Armstrong, Karen (2011-08-10). History of God (Kindle Locations 4878-4880). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

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