53. Sufi Thoughts, Part 3
Religious Gatheka
By Hazrat Inayat Khan
3. ‘There is one Holy Book, the sacred manuscript of nature, the only scripture which can enlighten the reader.’
The Sufi, when the eye of his soul is opened and his sight is keen, reads in the manuscript of nature the divine law, which has been read from the same source and taught by the Teachers of humanity to their followers. Though language does not suffice to express the inner Truth, yet what little of it could be expressed in words has been inscribed by the pen and handed to posterity from time to time as a sacred book. Men have fought and disputed over the authenticity of these books and would not accept any other book and losing the sense of it, have formed divers sects. The Sufi has respected in all ages all such books and has traced in the Vedanta, Zend Avesta, Kabala, Bible, Koran and all the other sacred scriptures, the same truth which he reads in the incorruptible manuscript of nature, the only Holy Book, the perfect and living model that teaches the inner law of life. All scriptures before nature’s manuscript are as little pools of water before the ocean. To the eye of the seer every leaf of the tree is a page of the Holy Book that contains divine revelation and he is inspired every moment of his life by reading and understanding the holy script of nature.
Daily Reflections on the following point in Religious Gatheka 51, Part 3
Point One: ‘There is one Holy Book, the sacred manuscript of nature, the only scripture which can enlighten the reader.’
Contemplation: Let us consider deeply what Murshid teaches: Nature is the only Holy Book, an incorruptible, perfect and living model that teaches the inner law of life. Let us open more and more nature and the teachings coming forth throughout this month.
