The Unveiling of Secrets: Diary of a Sufi Master"This book opens before us a world of fragrant roses, visions of incredible boldness, described by one of the greatest visionaries in the realm of mystical love in Islam, Ruzbihan. The reader is Transported by this congenial translation into the sphere of Absolute Beauty, and overwhelming Divine Love". |
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