The Antiquities of Orissa v1.c11.136

v1.c11.136

This difference, however, is more nominal than real; for notwithstanding their belief in the doctrine which maintains the identity of the divine and the human soul, the Sufis are very uncertain as to the exact nature of the union they so passionately long for. One of the greatest saints of this order, whose mystic poetry is held in the highest venerations, Mowlānā Jelāluddin Rūmi, has a verse which entirely scouts the idea of actual absorption into the Deity. He writes :—