Martin Lings
“The True Present is the prerogative of God Alone, for It is no less than the Eternity and Infinity which transcends, penetrates and embraces all durations and extents, being not only ‘before’ all beginnings but also ‘after’ all ends.”
“Oneness of Being” was originally published as chapter V of A Sufi Saint of the Twentieth Century by the Islamic Texts Society, and is reproduced here by kind permission.
