Thanks, my friend 🙏🏼 While I’m a (cultural) Muslim I, too, recognize that no one has a monolopy on Truth, and value the Baha’is for their open-mindedness and open-heartedness.
Here’s a Sufi (Muslim mystic, a la Rumi) poem I admire:
“My heart can take on
Any form:
A meadow for gazelles,
A cloister for monks,
For the idols, sacred ground,
Kaaba for the circling pilgrim,
The tables of the Torah,
The scrolls of the Quran.
—Ibn Arabi ( the translator of desires)
Translated by Sells
I love it! A musician I admire came from a Sufi background so I’m vaguely familiar with the culture, but only vaguely.
It makes me happy to hear that. Music is an important part of Sufi practice. Would that there were more of these gentle souls in the media/public consciousness vs the hateful terrorists we are inundated with. Peace 🕊