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The eye of the heart, though closed in fallen man, is able to take in a glimmering of light and this is faith. But anyway of living causes a covering like rust to accumulate over the heart so that it cannot sense the Divine origin of Allah's message.

Martin Lings

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I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
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Martin Lings

Martin Lings

Born: January 24, 1909
Died: May 12, 2005 (aged 96)
Bio: Martin Lings, also known as Abu Bakr Siraj ad-Din, was an English writer and scholar, a student of Frithjof Schuon and a Shakespearean scholar. He is best known as the author of Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources, first published in 1983 and still in print.
Known for:
  1. Ancient beliefs and modern superstitions (1964)
  2. The book of certainty (1970)
  3. A Return to the Spirit (2005)

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