When it (the basket) is separated from the river, that perverse will recognise that the sweet water within it was from the river; The glass also will recognise, at the setting (of the moon), that those beams (of light) were from the beauteous shining moon. It fills. Do not judge (one) weeping by the analogy of (another) weeping: ’tis a long way from this weeping to that (weeping). From conformity that simple disciple, too, was weeping in concert with the venerable (Shaykh); (For), like the deaf man, he regarded the (Shaykh’s) weeping in the manner of a conformist and was unaware of the cause. Get drunk! To say tomorrow is not our way. His weeping is neither from sorrow nor from joy: (only) the spirit knows the weeping of (him who is) the fountain of beauties. Senseki: The owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light.
My friend, the Sufi is the friend of the present moment. “Now guidance is that man should be guided to bewilderment, and know that the affair is bewilderment and that bewilderment is unrest and motion, and that motion is life, without stillness and so without death, and is existence without non-existence.”
If there be no pair of scales, how shall the litigant escape from disputing when he suspects fraud and deceit? Because that noble Lady was loyal (to God), God gave unto her a hundred desires without desire on her part. Hark, die, if thou art a self-sacrificing friend!” Instantly he laid himself at full length (on the ground) and gave up the ghost: like the rose, he played away his head (life), laughing and rejoicing. Explaining that zohen the evil-doer becomes settled in evil-doing and sees the effect of the (spiritual) fortune of the doers of Righteousness, he from envy becomes a devil and preventer of good, like Satan; for he whose stack is burnt desires that all (others) should have their stacks burnt: ‘hast thou seen him who forbids a servant (of God) when he performs the (ritual) prayer?
When it (the word) comes on to the tongue, the kernel is expended: refrain from expending, in order that the goodly kernel may remain (with you). When?What matters is how quickly you do what your soul directs. One of the great mystical poet of any age, with Rumi’s poems, it is hard to find such a panorama of universal existence unrolling itself through Time into Eternity? By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica.Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. And that thou mayst behold within (thee) another Bukhara, in the assembly-place whereof the champions are unlearned. After Ṣālāḥ al-Dīn’s death, Ḥusām al-Dīn Chelebi became his spiritual love and deputy. Prayer. Seek the wisdom that will untie your knot. In fact, according to Osho, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Mira Bhai are not all that different from the Persian Rumi, though they were born centuries and thousands of miles apart. Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.The decisive moment in Rūmī’s life occurred on November 30, 1244, when in the streets of Konya he met the wandering This experience of love, longing, and loss turned Rūmī into a poet. Purity of heart; Not the patched mantle and the lust perverse Of those vile earth-bound men who steal his name.
Former Professor of Indo-Muslim Culture, Harvard University. Envies arise in the heart that is no (real) heart: thus doth Being subject not-being to compulsion. Be occupied with what you really value and let the thief take something else.And you. Let it not be a death but completeness. It gives life to the old dead (spirits): it gives the crown of reason and the light of faith. On Rumi’s 743rd death anniversary, rediscover the Sufi poet through his inspirational last poem.
Love hath a hundred disdains and prides: Love is gained by means of a hundred blandishments. If the Law had not exercised a gracious spell (over them), everyone would have torn the body of his rival to pieces. Who can hope for (spiritual) life from a soulless thing? I searched for myself and found only God.
When the (Divine) command “Arise I” opens his (the imitator’s) eye, then he will laugh, like the (true) dawn, a second time. The lovers of filthy dolls (darlings) have sought each other’s blood and life.
Grant unto the soul-for it is bent (crooked)-to stand up right (to persevere with rectitude) in the work wherein it ought to be stable. Those hidden graces of theirs, which come not into (the perception of) the senses or into description. And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. It is the Shaykh’s reflection, and its source is in the Shaykh: the overflow of joy is not (derived) from the disciples; nay, it is from the Shaykh. Everyone has been made for some particular work and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.Out beyond the world of ideas of wrong doing and right doing, there is a field. This is why his writing is extremely significant in today’s turbulent times.On 17 December 1273, this great Sufi mystic passed away. Consider your life and consider your God.
Fortunate is he who does not carry envy as a companion. '” A disciple came into the presence of the Pir: the Pir was (engaged) in weeping and lamentation.
There is a time for the leaves to fall, for the flowers to wither and for the stars to set; but death has no season.