RELIGST 2Q03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Jinn, Ghazal, Umayyad Caliphate
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Try to understand the inner concept rather than just the outside. This interplay within the outer and the inner is seen in the hypothetical conversation that was taken place near the ka"aba. You see the house of the lord, i see the lord of the house: One is seeing the outside whereas the other is seeing the inner. Tariqa: spiritual path that anyone who wants to go to spirituality should do. Haqiqa: inside of the inside; you see god through your eyes. The goal is to experience and feel the light of god. We tend to think of ourselves has humans who sometimes have the spiritual experience. The person becomes a very special server of god. When we look at the quran, it speaks of some kind of spiritual experience. Chapter 15-16; god is closer to you than your own veins. This feeling is not automatic: muslims believe that god has 99 names.