"My heart has become able
To take on all forms.
It is a pasture for gazelles,
For monks an abbey.
It is a temple for idols
And for whoever circumambulates it, the Kaaba.
It is the tablets of the Torah
And also the leaves of the Koran.
I believe in the religion
Of Love
Whatever direction its caravans may take,
For love is my religion and my faith."
Muhyiddin ibn Arabi (1165 - 1240)
from _Perfect Harmony: (Calligrapher's Notebooks)_
http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/A/ArabiMuhyidd/Myhearthasbe.htm
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