A sequel to my articler on the Heart is a poem by 'Ibn Al-Arabi who lived in Andalusia, Spain from 1165 to 1240 C.E.
A Garden Among the Flames
My heart is capable of wearing all forms.
It is a pasture for gazelles and a monastery for monks,
A temple for idols and the Kaaba for the pilgrim.
It is the tablets of the Torah and it is the book of the Koran.
I profess the religion of love, wherever the destination of it caravan may be.
That is the belief, the faith I keep.
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