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The purpose of creation is beauty. Nature in all its various aspects develops towards beauty, and therefore it is plain that the purpose of life is to evolve towards beauty.

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Hazrat Inayat Khan
Age: 44 †
Born: 1882
Born: July 5
Died: 1927
Died: February 5
Clergyman
Musician
Philosopher
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Baroda
Inayat Khan Rehmat Khan Pathan
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