| 1 | O you who believe! Let it be said: Al-Sufian; |
| 2 | The One Way, the True Way; |
| 3 | And the second name of Allah, the One, the Absolute, the Almighty. |
| 4 | This is the Way of which there is no doubt; |
| 5 | As guidance unto those who respect knowledge and beauty; |
| 6 | Who reject ignorance and evil; |
| 7 | Who seek the well being of their kin and their community; |
| 8 | Who honor those gifts bestowed to them; |
| 9 | Who seek to learn to practice and to bear witness to what is revealed through the Way. |
| 10 | These are the ones who may be certain of the truth that they can never die. |
| 11 | The Way is a sacred gift; |
| 12 | A gift of one hundred and forty-four Sufa each describing a character of wisdom and an aspect of Allah and existence; |
| 13 | And if one should challenge you concerning these sacred characteristics; |
| 14 | Then challenge them to write to same Sufa; |
| 15 | Which they cannot accomplish. |
| 16 | For wisdom and truth is its own witness; |
| 17 | And only the willingly blind and deaf could mistake the false words of deceivers from the truth of the Divine Creator. |
| 18 | Sufa is character of wisdom, capacity, representative, token or image, picture. |
| 19 | Allah gives men and women the ability to think, to reason and to choose. |
| 20 | Therefore you yourself do not need to be told what is wicked and that which is true; |
| 21 | You do not need to be warned against false scriptures and teachings. |
| 22 | If a man or woman tells you to fear Allah first before respect, then by your gift of reason you should know it to be false; |
| 23 | If they tell you that perfect prayer is more important than right intention, then by your ability to sense, you should feel it to be untrue; |
| 24 | If they tell you that Allah demands sheep-like behavior over a passionate behaviour, then the gifts given to you by Allah should be enough to see through such evil and lies. |
| 25 | The true Way of Islam is based on one principle above all others: Respect yourself first and then so shall you respect all others. |
| 26 | Only through self respect and respect of others can a person truly love Allah. |
| 27 | Those who say a true Muslim must fear the Lord are wrong. |
| 28 | Ignorance creates Fear. |
| 29 | Fear creates Hate. |
| 30 | Hate creates Evil. |
| 31 | A man who fears Allah does not honor him, but the demon that told him such a lie. |
| 32 | Faith in the Way is simple. |
| 33 | It is the belief above all others that there is only one Deity and his true name is Allah; |
| 34 | And that he created us; |
| 35 | And that he loves us; |
| 36 | And the greatest respect we can show is to live a good and holy life in his honor. |
| 37 | Anyone who claims I did prescribe great rules and complications upon those who wish to live as Muslims is wrong. |
| 38 | O you who believe! If a rule cannot be understood as honoring life in respecting family, community and the Lord, then it is a false rule. |
| 39 | If you choose to be ignorant and follow false teachings like a donkey, then Allah will grant your wish and treat you like one. |
| 40 | If a person claims I have made a rule that takes a hundred words to say that which may be said in a few words, then it must be a false rule. |
| 41 | Behold, Allah is every language and the master of all language; |
| 42 | Allah is the father of all wisdom and its source. |
| 43 | Thus, when one seeks to deceive you and claim complex and confusing words, it cannot be from the creator of the Universe; |
| 44 | But the wickedness of the hearts of men and lesser spirits. |
| 45 | Verily, every child is born with a disposition towards goodness and the natural religion (Islam). |
| 46 | It is only society that teaches them to follow a dark path. |
| 47 | To follow the true path of Islam is the simplest of all to describe: To live a life of self-respect and virtue; |
| 48 | To treat others as you expect yourself to be treated and to love this world, |
| 49 | And to seek to make it a better place. |
| 50 | Any person that does this first, truly loves Allah and has no need of complications. |
| 51 | Any person who does not do these things first, does not truly follow Allah’s commands and the path of Islam. |
| 52 | Any preacher or scholar that tells you Islam is first an oath to Allah and secondly to devote yourself to holy scripture, expel them immediately as an imposter against the truth of Islam. |
| 53 | Even a monkey can imitate a pious man. |
| 54 | Instead, Islam is first a devotion to self knowledge and self restraint- to honor God through your good works and virtuous life. |
| 55 | Leave the oaths to liars and market stalls. |
| 56 | The greatest enemies of Allah are those who are entered into Islam, who believe false scripture, and who then do evil upon other human beings. |
| 57 | What is Islam if not the purity of speech and charity? |
| 58 | Do you know what saps the foundations of Islam and ruins it? |
| 59 | It is the errors of the ignorant scholar, the disputations of the hypocrite and the orders of kings who have lost the road. |
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Sufa 2 - The Way (Al-Sufian)