Martin Lings
“The Method” was originally published as chapter 7 of What is Sufism by the Islamic Texts Society, and is reproduced here by kind permission.
“It could be said that the purpose of a miracle is to enable the whole soul to partake supernaturally of an ‘absolute’ certainty which is normally the prerogative of the Heart; but a small part of this effect can be produced through that most natural and human means, the individual prayer…”
