| Hazrat
Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan
There are ten principal Sufi thoughts, which comprise
all the important subjects with which the inner life of man is concerned.
In a few instances, Hazrat Inayat
Khan's original gender-specific wording of the 10 Thoughts and 3
Objects has been slightly altered, by Pir Moineddin Jablonski, Murshid
Wali Ali Meyer, and Pir Shabda Kahn, as a reflection of ongoing guidance. The commentary associated
with each Thought has been extracted directly from the Sufi Message
of Hazrat Inayat Khan, Volume I, Part 1: The Way of Illumination (© 1979,
International Sufi Movement, All rights reserved.), and as a quoted passage,
Hazrat Inayat Khan's use of gender specific language has not been updated.
1.
There is one God
the Eternal, the Only Being,
None exists save God.
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2.
There is one Master
the Guiding Spirit of all souls,
who constantly leads all followers toward the Light.
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3.
There is one Holy Book
the Sacred Manuscript of Nature,
the only Scripture that can enlighten the reader.
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4.
There is one Religion
the unswerving progress in the right direction,
toward the Ideal, which fulfills the life's purpose of every soul.
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5.
There is one Law
the Law of Reciprocity, which can be observed
by a selfless conscience together with
a sense of awakened justice.
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6.
There is one Family
the Human Family, which unites the Children of Earth
indiscriminately in the Parenthood of God.
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7.
There is one Moral Principle
the Love which springs forth from a willing heart,
surrendered in service to God and Humanity,
and which blooms in deeds of beneficence.
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8.
There is one Object of Praise
the Beauty which uplifts the heart of its worshipper
through all aspects, from the seen to the unseen.
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9.
There is one Truth
the true knowledge of our being, within and without,
which is the essence of Wisdom.
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10.
There is one Path
the effacement of the limited self in the Unlimited,
which raises the mortal to immortality,
in which resides all Perfection.
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