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Bargaining with Baraka: Persian Sufism, "mysticism," and pre-modern politics
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A charming story is told about the famed Persian Sufi Abu Sa'id b. Abi 'l-Khayr in the hagiographic collection Asrar al-tawhid.1 They told the Shaykh: "So-and-so can walk on water!"
He said: "That is easy! A frog and a flinch2 can do the same..."
They said: "So-and-so flies in the air!"
He said: "A fly and a sparrow3 can as well..."
They said: "So-and-so can go from one city to the next in a single moment." He said: "Satan can go in a span of one breath from the East to the West. There is not much value to such things. A [real saintly] man is he who sits and rises in the midst.of people, ...
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Edmond economic development group names Lisle chair
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