WHY THE SUFIS HIDES THEMSELF Rumi’s son asked him: ‘How and why is the dervish hidden? Is this done by superficial disguise? Is there something within himself which he conceals?' The Master said: ‘It might be done in any way. Some write love-poems, and people think that they mean ordinary love. The dervish may hide his true position in the Way by adopting a calling. There are writers; and some, like Baba Farid, are traders. Still others follow various different outer activities. ‘This may be done for the sake of defence against the shallow. Some purposely act in a manner which society might disapprove. ‘The Prophet has therefore said: “God has hidden the Men of Greatest Knowledge' Read more Sufi Stories at https://ift.tt/2zTI0zu

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