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THE SUPPLEMENTARY PAPERS
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MISCELLANEOUS 2
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Shams-i-Tabriz
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THE SUPPLEMENTARY PAPERS
MISCELLANEOUS 2
Shams-i-Tabriz
Shams-i-Tabriz, a very great Sufi, was once called upon to make alive a king's son who had died. He said to him first, Kumbe be 'ismi Allah, that is, "Arise in the name of God." The prince did not arise. It is a long story but I am telling it in short. Then he said, Kumbe be 'ismi, that is; "Arise in my name." The prince arose and was alive.
For this Shams'' skin was taken off by order of the king. They said that "in my name" was the claim of being God, and the punishment for that was that the skin was taken off. And he very willingly let them take it off.
The first command was "Arise in the name of God." For one who had attained to God-consciousness this was not a fitting command, because it meant that God is a separate being. The second command was "Arise in my name." This was a right command, because a person who has God-consciousness knows that he is not separate from the Divine power.
This story has a great moral: that no matter how good, how pious, how virtuous we may be, unless we realize our at-one-ment with the Divine Being, we cannot have healing power.
God bless you.
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