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“Where did the handsome beloved go?”

By Rumi
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In this twelfth-century couplet, Rumi explores the theme of spirituality using symbols from Islamic mysticism commonly associated with the Prophet Muhammad.

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Lesley Hazleton: The Doubt Essential to Faith

When Lesley Hazleton was writing a biography of Muhammad, she was struck by something: The night he received the revelation of the Koran, according to early accounts, his first reaction was doubt, awe, even fear. And yet this experience became the bedrock of his belief.

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