Sunday, October 05, 2008

Fear and Hope: Two Pillars of Faith

Fear and hope are two pillars of faith.
By practicing either one of them a person will not fall into error,
because both fear and hope lead to union.
Those who fear devote themselves to God through fear of separation from Him,
and those who hope worship in hope of realizing the ultimate union.

-Al-Razi, "The Kashf al-Mahjub"

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