8 QUALITIES OF THE PATH
Sufism is founded on eight qualities exemplified in eight apostles:
the generosity of Abraham, who sacrificed his son;
the acquiescence of Ishmael, who submitted to the command of God and gave up his dear life;
the patience of Job, who patiently endured the afflictions of worms and the jealousy of the Merciful;
the symbolism of Zacharias, to whom God said "Thou shalt not speak unto men for three days save by signs" (Sura3:36) and again to the same effect "When he called upon his Lord with a secret invocation" (Sura 19:2);
the strangerhood of John, who was a stranger in his own country and an alien to his own kind amongst whom he lived;
the pilgrimhood of Jesus, who was so detached therein from worldly things that he kept only a cup and a comb then he threw the cup away when he saw a man drinking in the palms of his hand, and the comb likewise when he saw another man using his fingers instead of a comb;
the wearing of wool by Moses, whose garment was woollen;
and the poverty of Muhammed, to whom God Almighty sent the key of all treasures that are upon the face of the earth, saying, "Lay no trouble on thyself, but procure every luxury by means of these treasures," and he answered, "O Lord, I desire them not; keep me one day full fed and one day hungry.
Junayd of Baghdad (830-910) – (Hucvirî – 39-40)
the generosity of Abraham, who sacrificed his son;
the acquiescence of Ishmael, who submitted to the command of God and gave up his dear life;
the patience of Job, who patiently endured the afflictions of worms and the jealousy of the Merciful;
the symbolism of Zacharias, to whom God said "Thou shalt not speak unto men for three days save by signs" (Sura3:36) and again to the same effect "When he called upon his Lord with a secret invocation" (Sura 19:2);
the strangerhood of John, who was a stranger in his own country and an alien to his own kind amongst whom he lived;
the pilgrimhood of Jesus, who was so detached therein from worldly things that he kept only a cup and a comb then he threw the cup away when he saw a man drinking in the palms of his hand, and the comb likewise when he saw another man using his fingers instead of a comb;
the wearing of wool by Moses, whose garment was woollen;
and the poverty of Muhammed, to whom God Almighty sent the key of all treasures that are upon the face of the earth, saying, "Lay no trouble on thyself, but procure every luxury by means of these treasures," and he answered, "O Lord, I desire them not; keep me one day full fed and one day hungry.
Junayd of Baghdad (830-910) – (Hucvirî – 39-40)
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