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The greatest principle of Sufism is: 'Ishk Allah Mabood Allah'. (God is love, lover, and beloved).
A Sufi Message of Spiritual Liberty, p17, (booklet published in 1914)
The greatest principle of Sufism is: 'Ishq Allah Ma'bud Allah'. (God is love, lover, and beloved).
Volume V, A Sufi Message of Spiritual Liberty, p17
The Sufis say that the reason of the whole creation is that the perfect Being wished to know Himself, and did so by awakening the love of His nature and creating out of it His object of love, which is beauty. Dervishes, with this meaning, salute each other by saying, 'Ishq Allah Ma'bud Allah' – 'God is love and God is the beloved'.
Volume V, Love, Human and Divine, p144
Mystics of all ages have not been known for their miraculous powers or for the doctrines they have taught, but for the devotion they have shown throughout their lives. The Sufi in the East says to himself 'Ishq Allah Ma'bud Allah' which means 'God is Love, God is the Beloved', in other words it is God who is Love, Lover, and Beloved.
Volume XI, Love, p188
When the Murshid arrived at the assembly of his disciples each one greeted the other, saying, 'Ishq Allah, Mabud Allah!' - God is love and God is the Beloved!
Volume XII, My Interest in Sufism, p141
But now coming to understand what is the religion of the heart, – It is said by the Sufis, Ishq Allah, Mabud Allah. the same that one reads in the Bible, that 'God is love.'
Religious Gatheka #43, The Religion of the Heart, (see Complete Works, 1923 II, p816)
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