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We are always searching for God afar off, when all the while He is nearer to us than our own soul.

Hazrat Inayat Khan

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Hazrat Inayat Khan
Age: 44 †
Born: 1882
Born: July 5
Died: 1927
Died: February 5
Clergyman
Musician
Philosopher
Teacher
Writer
Baroda
Inayat Khan Rehmat Khan Pathan
Afar
Nearer
Searching
God
Soul
Always

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