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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

A Murid Catechism


Q: What is the work of the Murid?
A: To build the new Jerusalem.

Q: And where is the new Jerusalem to be built?
A: Wherever the Murid wanders in this world.

Q: And how shall the new Jerusalem be built?
A: With the prophetic virtues of magnanimity, imagination, and courage.
[see S. H. Nasr, "The Prophet and Prophetic Tradition" in Ideals and Realities of Islam, pp. 64-65].

Q: And when built, what shall the new Jerusalem be named?
A: Golgonooza.

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