THE ZAHIR
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ate that saying with this bit of information: In order to lose themselves
in God, the Sufis recite their own names, or the ninety-nine divine
names, until they become meaningless. I long to travel that path.
Perhaps I shall conclude by wearing away the Zahir simply through
thinking of it again and again. Perhaps behind the coin I shall find
God.
(Translated from the Spanish by Dudley Fitts)