Our teacher, Muhammad Raheem Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, referred to himself as an ant man, the smallest, most discarded being in the universe. Now, I always found that that was an interesting way for him to refer to himself because being in his presence, and having gotten to know him, it was evident to me that he was much more to me than the most discarded being in the universe.
He was an extraordinary being who had given his life to helping other beings understand what he understood. But it always intrigued me as to why he called himself an ant man, and a small one…
