The True Dervish
When Abu Bakr al-Masri was asked to identify the true faqir he replied: "He is the one who neither exercises power nor acquires wealth."
--al-Qushayri's Risalah, p. 278.
posted by Sidi Hamid Benengeli | 10:08 PM
The Mazeppist
A Transgressive Transcendentalist manifesto.
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- Name: Sidi Hamid Benengeli
- Location: Dar ul-Fikr, Colorado, United States
Part Irish, part Dervish, ecstatic humanist, critical Modernist, transgressive Transcendentalist.
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Thursday, April 23, 2015
When Abu Bakr al-Masri was asked to identify the true faqir he replied: "He is the one who neither exercises power nor acquires wealth."
--al-Qushayri's Risalah, p. 278.
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