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| princess |
| 04/03/02 at 20:54:53 |
| as'salaamualikum ;D Oh Beloved, take me. Liberate my soul. Fill me with your love and release me from the two worlds. If I set my heart on anything but You let fire burn me from inside. Oh Beloved, take away what I want. Take away what I do. Take away what I need. Take away everything that takes me from you. |
| 04/08/02 at 00:38:17 |
| princess |
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| bhaloo |
| 04/03/02 at 23:57:47 |
| [slm] Shouldn't the "you" be "You" ??? I have to work on your reading list. :) |
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| princess |
| 04/08/02 at 00:40:21 |
| walikumas'salaam warahmatullah ;D [quote author=bhaloo link=board=bookstore;num=1017885293;start=0#1 date=04/03/02 at 23:57:47] Shouldn't the "you" be "You" ??? I have to work on your reading list. :)[/quote] yes, it shoulda been You..i corrected it :) thanks :) i have a reading list..:::lazy::: ;) here's something else u might enjoy :P ;) ~~~~~~~ Whoever sees You and doesn't smile, whose jaw doesn't drop with awe, whose qualities fail to increase in a thousand ways, can only be the mortar and bricks of a prison. |
| 04/08/02 at 00:41:07 |
| princess |
| this marriage |
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| princess |
| 04/10/02 at 22:35:49 |
| as'salaamualikum ;D May these vows and this marriage be blessed. May it be sweet milk, this marriage, like wine and halvah. May this marriage offer fruit and shade like the date palm. May this marriage be full of laughter, our ever day a day in paradise. May this marriage be a sign of compassion, a seal of happiness here and hereafter. May this marriage have a fair face and a good name, an omen as welcome as the moon in a clear blue sky. I am out of words to describe how spirit mingles in this marriage. |
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| bhaloo |
| 04/11/02 at 23:56:06 |
| [slm] [quote author=princess link=board=bookstore;num=1017885293;start=0#3 date=04/10/02 at 22:35:49]as'salaamualikum ;D May it be sweet milk, this marriage, like wine and halvah. [/quote] WINE ??? Ufff, something as haraam as that. |
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| jannah |
| 04/12/02 at 00:47:42 |
| haha arshad, sheesh why are you so disgusted....in jannah we'll be drinking wine inshaAllah... should be fun ;) |
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| jaihoon |
| 04/12/02 at 10:43:06 |
| In persian poety- Lover, cup, wine refers to Shieikh,the book of wisdom and the knowledge that comes from the Sheikh respectively. |
| 04/12/02 at 10:43:47 |
| jaihoon |
| Ali in Battle |
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| princess |
| 04/15/02 at 15:14:15 |
| as'salaamualikum ;D i don't know if i've posted this before..:) Ali in Battle learn from Ali how to fight without your ego participating. God's Lion did nothing that didn't originate from his deep center. Once in battle he got the best of a certain knight and quickly drew his sword. The man, helpless on the ground, spat in Ali's face. Ali dropped his sword, relaxed, and helped the man to his feet. "Why have you spared me?" How has lightning contracted back into its cloud? Speak, my prince, so that my soul can begin to stir in me like an embryo." Ali was quiet and then finally answered. "I am God's Lion, not the lion of passion. The sun is my lord. I have no longing except for the One. When a wind of a personal reaction comes, I do not go along with it. There are many winds full of anger, and lust, and greed. They move the rubbish around, but the solid mountain of our true nature stays where it's always been. There's nothing now except the divine qualities. Come through the opening into me. Your impudence was better than any reverence, because in this moment I am you and you are me. I give you this opened heart as God gives gifts: The poison of your spit has become the honey of friendship." |
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| lightningatnite |
| 04/17/02 at 22:07:56 |
| Salam, Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhooooooooooooo!!! I love Rumi....way to go Princess!!! :) ----------------------------------> :-) <------------------------- Smart girl!!! :) |
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| AbdulBasir |
| 04/18/02 at 17:46:57 |
| [quote author=lightningatnite link=board=bookstore;num=1017885293;start=0#8 date=04/17/02 at 22:07:56] Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhooooooooooooo!!! I love Rumi....way to go Princess!!! :) :) [/quote] Oh no, princess, don't get lightningatnite started!...as if he didn't talk about Rumi enough already... ;) sigh...lightningatnite sometimes i think you just go off on Rumi to needle the salafi-wannabe Albanyians... >:( [slm] :) |
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| lightningatnite |
| 04/18/02 at 19:06:49 |
| Salam, Abdul Basir, I would get you back for that, but I don't want to ruin the beautiful spiritual atmosphere of this thread...unlike some people :) Here's a good poem, especiallly for my beloved salafi-wannabes: Come, come, whoever you are. Wonderer, worshipper, lover of leaving. It doesn't matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vow a thousand times Come, yet again, come, come. |
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| princess |
| 04/19/02 at 16:10:50 |
| walikumas'salaam warahmatullah ;D [quote author=lightningatnite link=board=bookstore;num=1017885293;start=0#8 date=04/17/02 at 22:07:56]Woooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhooooooooooooo!!! I love Rumi....way to go Princess!!! :)[/quote] hahah..:D i had NO idea there was another rumi fan on jannah.org :o hahah ;D i'm so amused :) hahah :D where's my dear bhaloo? :P i'll stop now :-X |
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| bhaloo |
| 04/19/02 at 21:59:27 |
| [slm] I guess I should respond to some things in here. :) [quote] haha arshad, sheesh why are you so disgusted....in jannah we'll be drinking wine inshaAllah... should be fun [/quote] True, but its not going to have the intoxicating properties that the wine on this earth has. [quote] i had NO idea there was another rumi fan on jannah.org hahah i'm so amused hahah where's my dear bhaloo? i'll stop now [/quote] ::) i don't like the symbolism that he uses at all, lovers, and wine. regarding wine, how would one know of the kind of intoxicating properties it has unless one drank it? ??? i know many of the famous urdu ghazal singers make use of it in their ghazals (songs), but i also have heard from people that they have witnessed them drinking. Se7en, regarding the confused member in your family, me, Kashif, and Abu Hamza are going to work on that. ;) I can't believe you deleted your post. *shakes head*. :P |
| 04/19/02 at 22:00:16 |
| bhaloo |
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| princess |
| 04/19/02 at 23:13:18 |
| walikumas'salaam warahmatullah ;D [quote author=bhaloo link=board=bookstore;num=1017885293;start=0#12 date=04/19/02 at 21:59:27]regarding wine, how would one know of the kind of intoxicating properties it has unless one drank it? ??? [/quote] dude..::) i don't drink wine either..but i still know the effects it has ::) don't make things complicated..:) bhaloo..take a chill pill :-/ go with the flow..[] speakin of flow..;) ~~~~~~~ Why the Prophets Are Human A woman came to Ali, "My baby has crawled out on the roof near the water drain, where I cannot go. He won't listen to me. I talk to him, but he doesn't understand language. I make gestures. I show him my breast, but he turns away. What can I do?" "Take another baby his age up to the roof." The woman did so, and her child saw his friend and crawled away from the edge. The prophets are human for this reason, that we may see them and delight in the friendly presence and crawl away from the downspout. -rumi |
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| princess |
| 06/09/02 at 16:19:12 |
| as'salaamualikum ;D Know that with your departure my mind and faith have been stripped. This poor heart of mine no longer has patience or resolve. Don't ask me about my wan face, my troubled heart, or the burning in my soul. See with your own eyes, no power of words can explain these things. My face browns like a loaf baked in your heat, Now I crumble like stale bread, and am scattered. Like a mirror I reflect the images of your face, yet My own face, how it has grown pale, how wrinkled. |
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| ahmer |
| 06/09/02 at 17:49:42 |
| [slm] i never realized that there was a rumi poetry thread..!! wow...!! i abs luv it !! my father knows persian inside out and he translates rumi for us, some amazingggggggg stuff ..!! But this is not fair!! >:( >:( >:( since sometime back i posted some stuff from rumi on this msg board and my post was deleted cuz the moderator said that rumi has problems..!!! i just accepted it cuz i thought it was the policy of the board. Was that an individual opinion of the moderator or madina msgboard policy?? jazaka'Allah for this thread though..!! [wlm] ahmer |
| 06/09/02 at 17:50:33 |
| ahmer |
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| jannah |
| 06/10/02 at 00:29:57 |
| [slm] What did you post and when? There is no policy on removing Rumi. We may however wish to remove something if we believe that it is completely unislamic or may confuse others, but I don't seem to recall any that were removed. |
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| jaihoon |
| 06/10/02 at 02:36:53 |
| These are not men Only men's faces Slaves of stomach Victims of sensuality - rumi |
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| Zara |
| 06/10/02 at 06:52:20 |
| [wlm] wow, i love rumi too. i can't get hold of that quote posted by nazia on the old board the world is too full of talk i'l meet you there when the soul lies down in the grass well the wording is something to that effect, anyone want to finish the quote or correct it ??? [wlm] :-) |
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| lightningatnite |
| 06/11/02 at 10:47:01 |
| SubhanAllah, Zara, you are too funny :)... [quote]Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about. Ideas, language, even the phrase "each other" doesn't make any sense. [/quote] SubhanAllah, may Allah open our hearts and allow us to drink from the same fountain of Truth as Rumi. |
| 06/11/02 at 10:49:39 |
| lightningatnite |
| im just jacking the sunlight rumi list but oh well |
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| boy |
| 06/16/02 at 03:10:57 |
| a voice out of this world calls on our souls not to wait any more get ready to move to the original home your real home your real birth place is up here with the heavens let your soul take a flight like a happy phoenix you've been tied up your feet in the mud your body roped to a log break loose your ties get ready for the final flight make your last journey from this strange world soar for the heights where there is no more separation of you and your home God has created your wings not to be dormant as long as you are alive you must try more and more to use your wings to show you're alive these wings of yours are filled with quests and hopes if they are not used they will wither away they will soon decay you may not like what i'm going to tell you you are stuck now you must seek nothing but the source -- Ghazal 945 Translation by Nader Khalili "Rumi, Fountain of Fire" Cal-Earth Press, 1994 |
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| ahmer |
| 06/16/02 at 07:49:22 |
| [slm] Here is what i posted earlier that was expunged. It is simple and deep..!! Insha'Allah i will post more selections from this book. [color=Blue] Allah and the world A peasant tied his ox in a stable. A lion ate his ox and sat in its place. The peasant went into the stable to see his ox. Groping in corners, the man looked for his ox in the night. He rubbed his hands over the limbs of the lion, and over its back and sides, now above and now below. The lion said to himself, "If the light were a bit brighter, he would die of fear. He is stroking me like this so boldly because in the dark night he thinks I am the ox." We are like that. Because of our ignorance we think we are dealing with the ox of the world, but we are dealing with the lion of Allah. [/color] Drops from an Ocean Rumi Ta-Ha Publishers Ltd. |
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| ahmer |
| 06/18/02 at 10:56:25 |
| [slm] the following short stories are full of wisdom!!! subhan'Allah everytime i read them they have a unique lesson for all of us..!! [color=Brown] Hair-splitting A man, whose hair was two colored, came in a great hurry to a well respected hairdresser. He said, "Pick the white hairs out of my beard. I have chosen a new bride, young man." The hairdresser cut off his beard and put all of it in front of him. He said, "You pick out the white hairs because I have important business." That saying of his "pick them out" is like splitting hairs, and Islam has no love of that. ------- A man slapped Zayd on the neck. Zayd right away rushed towards him to hit him back. The one who struck him said, "I will ask you a question. Answer me first and then hit me. I hit the back of your neck, and there was the sound of a slap. Was the sound caused by my hand or by the back of your neck?" Zayd said, " Because of the pain, I do not have time to think about this. You have no pain. Think about it: the one who feels the pain has no such thought. Take heed!" [/color] |
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| an |
| 06/19/02 at 07:00:35 |
| [slm] Forgive me for my ignorance, but what is rumi? ??? |
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| mwishka |
| 06/19/02 at 09:07:24 |
| sis an, i'm no expert here, but just so you get an answer to your question, i'll give you this quote from inside "the essential rumi", a collection of rumi's poetry. perhaps others can give you more personal answers - i'll just give you facts.... "jelaluddin rumi was born in the year 1207 and until the age of thirty-seven was a brilliant scholar and popular teacher. but his life changed forever when he met the powerful wandering dervish, shams of tabriz, of whom rumi said, "what i had thought of before as God, i met today in a human being." from this mysterious and esoteric friendship came a new height of spiritual enlightenment. when shams disappeared, rumi began his transformation from scholar to artist, and his poetry began to fly. today the ecstatic poetry of jelaluddin rumi is more popular than ever,...." etc. etc. first, i love this poetry. this volume that i read from is translated by an american southerner, coleman barks. but, you should know that there are many controversies surrounding rumi and his poetic expressions - if you go back and check around on this board you can find most of the major areas of disagreement discussed. you can see above, in the idea that he felt he had found the idea of god in a person and the use of poetic expressions of physical experience for the experience of god may be the two biggest "problems" people have with him and his work. but, someone else who is muslim, and/or who has much wider experience of the range of islamic religious belief, can give you a much better answer than mine. mwishka |
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| mwishka |
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| Musafir |
| 06/30/02 at 08:30:08 |
| [wlm] All your suffering comes from desiring things that cannot be had. Stop desiring and you wan't suffer. Rumi [wlm] |
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| Mohja |
| 07/03/02 at 09:27:54 |
| There are those who embroider the saddle and pay little attention to their donkey. Keep your donkey under control, and the pack-saddle will be there. Tend to your vital heart, and all you worry about will be solved. Your donkey is afraid of work. Tie it up, and make it carry many loads of patience and gratitude for a hundred years, or thirty or twenty. Don’t think to have a harvest unless you plant! That’s the raw hoping of adolescence. It will make you sick. Don’t say to yourself, “But So-and-So found a treasure and doesn’t have to work!” That maybe true, but it rarely happens, and out of blind luck. A treasure follows behind your doing daily work. Don’t postpone that with “ifs”! “If this had happened,” or “if I could have….” Hypocrites die saying those sentences, and such a death is the deepest grief there is. -Rumi |
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| Musafir |
| 07/03/02 at 11:52:43 |
| [slm] You search for the one - who is with you You look for the looker closer to you then you Don't rush outside Be like a melting ice and wash youreslf away Rumi [wlm] |
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| princess |
| 07/24/02 at 18:38:06 |
| as'salaamualikum ;D One went to the door of the Beloved and knocked. A voice asked, 'Who is there?' He answered, 'It is I.' The voice said, 'There is no room for Me and Thee.' The door was shut. After a year of solitude and deprivation he returned and kjocked. A voice from within asked, 'Who is there?' The man said, 'It is Thee.' The door was opened for him. |
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| jannah |
| 08/03/02 at 04:00:56 |
| welcome [back;)] to the board zeshan have a bebzi on me... |
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| Maliha |
| 08/08/02 at 13:31:51 |
| [slm] Oh! I keep missing out on these too....Can someone fill me in too??? :) Maliha :-) [wlm] [quote author=Zeshan link=board=bookstore;num=1017885293;start=30#32 date=08/08/02 at 12:48:38]"[B]Shahada Bookstore[/B] For excerpts, poems, famous quotes, creative writing, stories, [u]poetry readings every friday night :) [/u]" How does one participate in those readings? [sup]Thanks for the bebzi. An acquaintance once told me the letter "p" and "b" are pronounced exactly the same, except one is voiceless. [/sup] :-*[/quote] |
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| jannah |
| 08/08/02 at 14:39:27 |
| [slm] I don't know.. I made it up at the time :) but maybe we could come up with something?... |
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| Aabidah |
| 08/12/02 at 15:03:10 |
| [slm] Beware! Do not let avarice waylay you! Do not let greed tear you up by the roots! For as you sleep, the stench of your spurious deeds is thundering on the azure sky. -Rumi "Mathnawi" [wlm] Betul |
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| princess |
| 09/16/02 at 14:20:26 |
| as'salaamualikum ;D Sunlight fell upon the wall; the wall received a borrowed splendor. Why set your heart on a piece of earth, O simple one? Seek out the source which shines forever. -rumi |
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| Zahra |
| 09/17/02 at 18:12:26 |
| Rumi said: O people,today you fall in love with a well-musk-scented one with curly locks of hair. One day that samelock of hair will appear worse to you than the tail of an old donkey. Those very eyes that caused you to become intoxicated And for which you are prepared to sacrifice your life, In old age will have dirty water dripping from them. Look at a beautiful child who through his beauty becomes a master among men But look when old age overtakes him he becomes useless among men. Look how lovely and fresh the sun appears at the time of rising But remember it's death at the time of setting. See how splendid the moon appears on the fourteenth night But check how is it's sorrowful state as it begins to lessen. O man you are in love with good food and a fine outward form But see the result in the toilet afterwards. The people of this world,like the world are truly unfaithful. |
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| Roxy |
| 09/21/02 at 17:10:58 |
| Happy the one who has become like us; who has become all surrender and contentment; who has become a pledge of love and madness; who has become a jewel in the sea of purity |
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| Mohja |
| 09/27/02 at 19:04:51 |
| This world is like a tree, and we are the half-ripe fruit upon it. Unripe fruit clings tight to the branch because, immature, it's not ready for the palace. When fruits become ripe, sweet and juicy, then biting their lips, they loosen their hold. When the mouth has been sweetened by felicity, the kingdom of the world loses its appeal. To be tightly attached to the world signifies immaturity; as long as you're an embryo, blood-drinking is your business. -rumi |
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| Khuram |
| 10/03/02 at 00:32:37 |
| Salams folks! I'm so happy that there are people on this board that are quoting Rumi! he's awesome. Another one of the great Persian Poets is Hafiz. Here's one of Rumi's poems that always makes me smile: Your thinking is like a camel driver, and you are the camel: it drives you in every direction under its bitter control. w'salams Khuram |
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| princess |
| 01/14/03 at 16:39:17 |
| as'salaamualikum ;D I always see the remedy in pain. I see the subtle gift and fidelity in angry quarrels and betrayals. When I look down, I don't see the earth. And when I look up, I don't see the vault of the sky. Whatever I glance at I see You. |
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| Muslimah |
| 01/14/03 at 17:39:25 |
| Asalamu alaikum everyone!! :-X sis princess i love ur poems..they r great..i was just wonder..for some of them did u create or get them off the internet..and if u got them off the internet could u plzz tell me the site cause they r awesome!!here i think u deserve a [] anywayzz everybody take care was salamu alaikum ur sis in islam Soumia :) |
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| deenb4dunya |
| 01/14/03 at 18:14:37 |
| lol Soumia you're so cute. The thread is called [i]Random Rumi[/i] because it contains Rumi's poetry. Who is Rumi? I'll let the more knowledgeable answer that question... princess? Jannah? Bhaloo?... |
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| Abu_Hamza |
| 01/14/03 at 20:17:01 |
| [slm] [quote author=deenb4dunya link=board=bookstore;num=1017885293;start=30#40 date=01/14/03 at 18:14:37]Who is Rumi? I'll let the more knowledgeable answer that question... princess? Jannah? Bhaloo?...[/quote] Let's not go there! :) |
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| princess |
| 01/14/03 at 22:31:52 |
| as'salaamualikum ;D soumia: hahah..:-/ i didn't write any of these :P deenb4dunya: i'm not really knowledgable about much, but rumi is someone i'm sorta familiar with :-X abu_humzah thanks for the diss ::) a few websites.. http://www.khamush.com/life.html :) http://www.mevlana.net/ :) http://www.thrasherqawwal.com/rumi.html :) |
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| princess |
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| Abu_Hamza |
| 01/15/03 at 00:12:04 |
| no diss sis. how can i diss arsalan's sister? :) just trying to prevent a discussion which has a strong potential to become controversial, if you catch my drift. wassalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah |
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| princess |
| 01/15/03 at 11:23:26 |
| as'salaamualikum ;D [quote author=Abu_Hamza link=board=bookstore;num=1017885293;start=30#43 date=01/15/03 at 00:12:04]how can i diss arsalan's sister? :)[/quote] :-/ hahah..cute :P [quote author=Abu_Hamza link=board=bookstore;num=1017885293;start=30#43 date=01/15/03 at 00:12:04] just trying to prevent a discussion which has a strong potential to become controversial, if you catch my drift.[/quote] i understand that :) that's why i only posted some links :) incase anyone wants to further talk about rumi, they can message me :-X we'll leave this thread for posting wonderful ruminess ;) O You who make demands within me like an embryo, since You are the one who makes the demand, make its fulfillment easy; show the way, help me, or else relinquish Your claim and take this burden from me! Since from a debtor You're demanding gold, give him gold in secret, O rich King! rumi :) |
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| Muslimah |
| 01/15/03 at 17:11:01 |
| Asalamu alaikum.. sorry guyz, my bad for not knoing who rumi is.Maybe if lightnatnite would give me information sessions then ill kno!!hehe ;) anywayzz..and deen stopp making fun of me :'( and for princess i take that [] back i guess u dont deserve it anymore! ;D just kidding! anywayzz everybody take care salamu alaikum ur sis in islam soumia |
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| Muslimah |
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| bhaloo |
| 01/16/03 at 09:47:23 |
| [slm] If you read one of the links Princess provided you would see that Rumi was greatly influenced by an Ismaili (one of the shia sects, and I'm not going to get into the problems with this group). But anyways, I have issues with his usage of drinking, sex, wine, getting drunk in his poems (the analogies). And I had also come across this wahdat al wujud concept in one of his poems and that was another problem. There was a link on this discussion some time back, maybe Se7en can help. :) |
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| jannah |
| 01/18/03 at 09:23:54 |
| [slm] Despite that bhaloo I think he has some great poems. I think it comes down to artistic license versus literal interpretation. Being used to reading poetry, highly metaphoric thinking is totally different than just reading anything else. Poetry is its own world... you can't take it out and then try to interpret it like a book on theology. btw "who is rumi?" ppl!! please start at the beginning of this thread and read, someone posted a biography way back... Anyways we've kicked this dead horse one too many times... let's just leave it and let those who enjoy Rumi do that... Here's one on me: O heart let go of your soul Until you see the soul maker Leave behind this deceptive faker So you reach your real goal. Unless you pass through here You will never reach the beyond Free yourself from worldly bond Doubtless clear, to you appear. If it is a sign that you seek In this path, my dear friend Yourself you must transcend And signs to you will speak. |
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| jannah |
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| princess |
| 01/23/03 at 10:57:02 |
| as'salaamualikum ;D People are distracted by objects of desire, and afterwards repent of the lust they've indulged, because they have indulged with a phantom and are left even farther from Reality than before. Your desire for the illusory is a wing, by means of which a seeker might ascend to Reality. When you have indulged a lust, your wing drops off; you become lame and that fantasy flees. Preserve the wing and don't indulge such lust, so that the wing of desire may bear you to Paradise. People fancy they are enjoying themselves, but they are really tearing out their wings for the sake of an illusion. :-X |
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| deenb4dunya |
| 01/23/03 at 12:44:16 |
| Not making fun of you Soumia... chill... have a bebzi [] Deen :-) |
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| princess |
| 01/29/03 at 16:46:46 |
| as'salaamualikum ;D If you don't have sovereignty over your own beard, how will you exercise sovereignty over good and evil? Without your wish, your beard grows white: be ashamed of your beard, you with your self-serving dreams. God is the Owner of the Kingdom: whoever lays his head before Him will receive a hundred kingdoms without the terrestrial world; but the inward savor of a single prostration before God will be sweeter to you than a hundred empires: then you will cry humbly, "I want no kingdoms except the kingdom of that prostration." |
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| princess |
| 02/05/03 at 15:18:20 |
| as'salaamualikum ;D fire changes to water wisdom becomes insanity and my own eyes turn out to be the enemy of my sleep as they long to see you |
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| lightningatnite |
| 02/20/03 at 16:31:58 |
| Walaikum salam wa rahmatallah :) “The Window of My Soul” During prayer I am accustomed to turn to God like this and recall the meaning of the words of the Tradition, “the delight felt in the ritual prayer.”* The window of my soul opens, and from the purity of the unseen world, the book of God comes to me straight. The book, the rain of divine grace, and the light are falling into my house through a window from my real and original source. The house without a window is hell; to make a window is the essence of true religion. Don't thrust your ax upon every thicket; come, use your ax to cut open a window. *The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing upon him) is said to have mentioned this as one of the three things he loved best in the world. |
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| jaihoon |
| 02/20/03 at 23:37:40 |
| [quote] The house without a window is hell; to make a window is the essence of true religion. [/quote] masha Allah. Iqbal has expressed this in another fashion- "What is religion? To rise above the level of dust So that the self purged of matter becomes self-conscious" Imagine a life without the ritual prayer... a fish without a water |
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| Halima |
| 02/27/03 at 07:54:52 |
| The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, Not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along. |
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| Halima |
| 02/27/03 at 07:56:03 |
| We are born with wings. Why prefer to crawl through life? |
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| Halima |
| 02/27/03 at 07:57:26 |
| Let the beauty of what you love be what you do. |
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| Halima |
| 02/27/03 at 07:58:49 |
| Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there. |
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| Halima |
| 02/27/03 at 07:59:59 |
| Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love. |
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| Halima |
| 02/27/03 at 08:02:55 |
| The sun itself is a moth beside that flame. |
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| siddiqui |
| 02/27/03 at 08:04:26 |
| I am enslaved to fate Other than fate say not a thing Honey is sweet, tastes great Other than great say not a thing Of pain speak nothing If joy not bring, say not a thing If for you this has no ring Joyously sing, say not a thing I had once gone insane Love whispered when saw my pain, "I’ve come and will remain Madness refrain, say not a thing." I said "O Love, I fear The things other than Thee here" Said "though may thus appear To me is clear, say not a thing "I’ll whisper in your ear Secrets to you bring near Nod your head and hold dear Silently hear, say not a thing" "The face I see so well Angel or man? Pray do tell" Said "this is other than angel Nor with man dwell, say not a thing" "Pray tell, what do I see Else all my senses will flee" "From senses remain free And just be, say not a thing "You reside in this abode Where color & falsehood explode; Rise up, take up the road Pick up your load, say not a thing "Other than Shams-e Tabriz If ever Mevlana please, Blow away with morning breeze His Light seize, say not a thing" |
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| se7en |
| 03/14/03 at 13:02:50 |
The body is like a letter: look into it and see whether it's worthy to be read by the King. Go into a corner, open the letter, and read what is in it, see whether its words are suitable for royalty. If it isn't suitable, tear it to pieces, write another letter, and remedy the fault. But don't think it's easy to open the letter of the body; otherwise everyone would readily discover the secret of the heart. How difficult it is to open that letter! It's only for the strong, not for those playing games. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Kâlbod nâmeh-st andar vay negar hast lâyeq Shâh-râ ânkeh be-bar Gusheh-'i raw nâmeh-râ bo-g'shâ be-khvân bin keh harfesh hast dar khvord-e shahân Gar ne-bâshad dar khvor ân-râ pâreh kon nâmeh-ye digar nevis va châreh kon Lik fath-e nâmeh-ye tan zap ma-dân var nah har kas serr-e del didi `iyân Nâmeh bo-g'shâdan cheh doshvârast o sa`b kâr-e mardânast nah teflân o ka`b -- Mathnawi, IV:1564-1568 Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski "Rumi: Jewels of Remembrance" Threshold Books, 1996 Persian transliteration courtesy of Yahyá Monastra |
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| se7en |
| 03/14/03 at 13:05:55 |
| The Water You Want Someone may be clairvoyant, able to see the future, and yet have very little wisdom. Like the man who saw water in his dream, and began leading everyone toward the mirage. "I am the one with heart-vision. Iąve torn open the veil." So they set out with him inside the dream, while he is actually sleeping beside a river of pure water. Any search moves away from the spot where the object of the quest is. Sleep deeply wherever you are on the way. Maybe some traveler will wake you. Give up subtle thinking, the twofold, threefold multiplication of mistakes. Listen to the sound of waves within you. There you are, dreaming your thirst, when the water you want is inside the big vein on your neck. -- Mathnavi IV: 3226-3241 Version by Coleman Barks "Say I Am You" Maypop, 1994 |
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| Musafir |
| 03/20/03 at 00:11:07 |
| [slm] let my soul bear, the pain for it was not there my body would not cry ------------musafir ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ The servant complains to God of pain: in a hundred ways he moans. God says, "But after all, grief and pain have caused you to act rightly and humbly call on Me; complain instead of the bounty that befalls you and takes you far from My door." In reality every enemy of yours is your remedy: he is an elixir, a gift, and one that seeks to win your heart; for you flee from him into solitude imploring God's help. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [wlm] |
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| se7en |
| 03/26/03 at 01:25:11 |
| The human being is like the water of the river: when it becomes turbid, you can't see to the bottom. The bottom of the river is full of jewels and pearls: pay attention, don't stir up the water, for originally it's pure and free from pollution. The human spirit resembles the atmosphere: when air is mixed with dust, it veils the sky, and prevents the eye from seeing the sun; but when the dust is gone, the air once again becomes pure. Despite your complete darkness, God may offer you visions, that you might find the way of deliverance. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Zânkeh mardom hast hamchon âb-e ju chon shavad tireh na-bini qa`r-e u Qa`r-e ju por-e gawharast o por ze dorr hin ma-kon tireh keh hast u sâf horr Jân-e mardom hast mânand havâ chon be-gard âmikht shod pardeh-ye samâ Mâne` âmad u ze did-e âftâb chonkeh gardesh raft shod sâfi o nâb Bâ kamâl-e tiregi Haqq vâqe`ât mi namudet tâ ravi râh-e najât -- Mathnawi IV: 2482-2386 Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski "Rumi: Jewels of Remembrance" Threshold Books, 1996 (Persian transliteration courtesy of Yahyá Monastra) |
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| se7en |
| 03/26/03 at 01:57:08 |
| ^ ^ ^ Donąt look at your form, however ugly or beautiful. Look at love and at the aim of your quest. O you whose lips are parched, keep looking for water. Those parched lips are proof that eventually you will reach the source. -- Mathnawvi, III: 1438/1440 "Breathing Truth - Quotations from Jalaluddin Rumi Selected and Translated by Muriel Maufroy Sanyar Press - London, 1997 ^ ^ ^ |
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| princess |
| 04/01/03 at 17:53:27 |
| as'salaamualaikum ;D though we seem to be sleeping there is an inner wakefulness that directs the dream and that will eventually startle us back to the truth of who we are |
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| deenb4dunya |
| 04/02/03 at 17:40:08 |
| WHO IS AT MY DOOR? He said, "Who is at my door?" I said, "Your humble servant." He said, "What business do you have?" I said, "To greet you, O Lord." He said, "How long will you journey on?" I said, "Until you stop me." He said, "How long will you boil in the fire?" I said, "Until I am pure. "This is my oath of love. For the sake of love I gave up wealth and position." He said, "You have pleaded your case but you have no witness." I said, "My tears are my witness; the pallor of my face is my proof.' He said, "Your witness has no credibility; your eyes are too wet to see." I said, "By the splendor of your justice my eyes are clear and faultless." He said, "What do you seek?" I said, "To have you as my constant friend." He said, "What do you want from me?" I said, "Your abundant grace." He said, "Who was your companion on the 'ourney? I said, "The thought of you, O King." He said, "What called you here?" I said, "The fragrance of your wine." He said, "What brings you the most fulfillment?" I said, "The company of the Emperor." He said, "What do you find there?" I said, "A hundred miracles." He said, "Why is the palace deserted?" I said, "They all fear the thief." He said, "Who is the thief?" I said, "The one who keeps me from -you. He said, "Where is there safety?" I said, "In service and renunciation." He said, "What is there to renounce?" I said, "The hope of salvation." He said, "Where is there calamity?" I said, "In the presence of your love." He said, "How do you benefit from this life?" I said, "By keeping true to myself Now it is time for silence. If I told you about His true essence You would fly from your self and be gone, and neither door nor roof could hold you back! - Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi |
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| se7en |
| 04/05/03 at 14:13:43 |
The window determines how much light enters the house, even if the moon's radiance fills the east and the west. Rumi |
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| Mohja |
| 04/09/03 at 00:17:47 |
| Don't run around this world looking for a hole to hide in There are wild beasts in every cave! If you live with mice, the cat claws will find you. The only real rest comes when you're alone with God. Live in the nowhere that you came from, even though you have an address here. That's why you see things in two ways. Sometimes you look at a person and see a cynical snake. Someone else sees a joyful lover, and you're both right! Everyone is half and half, like the black and white ox. Joseph looked ugly to his brothers, and most handsome to his father. You have eyes that see from that nowhere, and eyes that judge distances, how high and how low. You own two shops, and you run back and forth. Try to close the one that's a fearful trap getting always smaller. Checkmate, this way. Checkmate, that. Keep open the shop where you're not seeling fish-hooks anymore. You [i]are[/i] the free-swimming fish. -Rumi |
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| princess |
| 04/09/03 at 14:36:41 |
| as'salaamualaikum ;D Although your desire tastes sweet, doesn't the Beloved desire you to be desireless? The life of lovers is in death: you'll not win the Beloved's heart unless you lose your own. |
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| Sunnah |
| 04/23/03 at 18:13:49 |
| [slm] Thank you so much sis sarahpasarah to start this rumi thread. I simply love Rumi's poetry! My beloved father was the one who introduced Rumi to me when i was about 10 years old... :) He is just wonderful. I hope no one posted the following one...i did read all the post though...but don't think i saw this one: For the love of God, no other love seek In the abode of Soul, no other task seek Other than the Beloved, never seek another mate Seek not to doubt, trivia make you weak. Another love, another task, is an impossible fate In thy Godly faith, seek not doubt’s stench & reek In soul’s territory, heart’s courage is great With such courage turn from strangers and paths oblique. Half the world like vultures, half carcass-like wait Cast not vulture’s eyes upon the dead and the meek. If seduces with looks, with features and trait Try to see the thorns in that rosy cheek. Upon temptations dwell not, nor debate Don’t make a leader from every lost freak. Trust not the one who turns from love to hate Secrets of your heart with such do not speak. If the Light of Shams shone upon you of late Concern not yourself with this passing garden’s state. J Rumi ************************************************************ "AT MY DEATH DO NOT LAMENT OUR SEPARATION ... AS THE SUN AND MOON BUT SEEM TO SET, IN REALITY THIS IS A REBIRTH." |
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| Musafir |
| 04/24/03 at 03:21:57 |
| [slm] Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about. Ideas, language, even the phrase -each other- doesn't make any sense. r u m i [wlm] |
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| deenb4dunya |
| 05/03/03 at 16:03:07 |
| Assalamu Alaikum; A simple remedy... *sigh* "Fiery Lust is not diminished by indulging it, but inevitably by leaving it ungratified. As long as you are laying logs on the fire, the fire will burn. When you withhold the wood, the fire dies, And Allah carries the water." -- Rumi |
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| Nistar |
| 05/06/03 at 11:26:19 |
| [slm] "Unfold Your Own Myth" Who gets up early to discover the moment light begins? Who finds us here circling, bewildered, like atoms? Who comes to a spring thirsty and sees the moon reflected in it? Who, like Jacob blind with grief and age, smells the shirt of his lost son and can see again? Who lets a bucket down and brings up a flowing prophet? Or like Moses goes for fire and finds what burns inside the sunrise? Jesus slips into a house to escape enemies, and opens a door to another world. Solomon cuts open a fish, and there's a gold ring. Omar storms in to kill the prophet and leaves with blessings. Chase a deer and end up everywhere! An oyster opens his mouth to swallow one drop. Now there's a pearl. A vagrant wanders empty ruins. Suddenly he's wealthy. But don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth, without complicated explanation, so everyone will understand the passage, [i]We have opened you.[/i] Start walking toward Shams. Your legs will get heavy and tired. Then comes a moment of feeling the wings you've grown, lifting. ~Rumi [quote author=Jaihoon link=board=bookstore;num=1017885293;start=45#53 date=02/20/03 at 23:37:40] "The house without a window is hell; to make a window is the essence of true religion." Iqbal has expressed this in another fashion- "What is religion? To rise above the level of dust So that the self purged of matter becomes self-conscious"[/quote] ...and another expression is found in Ibn 'Arabi: "My heart is a pasture for gazelles, and a convent of Christian Monks, A Temple for idols and the Ka'bah of pilgrims, The Tablets of the Law in Torah, and the Book of Qur'an. I follow the religion of Love, wherever Love takes me, There is my religion and my faith." |
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| princess |
| 05/07/03 at 11:27:10 |
| look at love how it tangles with the one fallen in love look at spirit how it fuses with earth giving it new life why are you so busy with this or that or good or bad pay attention to how things blend why talk about all the known and the unknown see how the unknown merges into the known why think seperately of this life and the next when one is born from the last look at your heart and tongue one feels but deaf and dumb the other speaks in words and signs look at water and fire earth and wind enemies and friends all at once the wolf and the lamb the lion and the deer far away yet together look at the unity of this spring and winter manifested in the equinox you too must mingle my friends since the earth and the sky are mingled just for you and me be like sugarcane sweet yet silent don't get mixed up with bitter words my beloved grows right out of my own heart how much more union can there be :-X |
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| Musafir |
| 05/07/03 at 11:30:33 |
| [slm] :) The Breaking Wave of Love Ah, once more he put a fire in me, And once more this crazy heart is craving the open plains. This ocean of love breaks into another wave And blood pours from my heart in all directions. Ah, one spark flew and burned the house of my heart. Smoke filled the sky. The flames grew fierce in the wind. The fire of the heart is not easily lit. So don't cry out: "O Lord, rescue me from the burning flames! Spare me from the army of thoughts that is marching through my mind!" O Heart of Pure Consciousness, You are the ruler of all hearts. After countless ages you brought my soul all it ever wished for. The eyes of all people happy and sad, are closed to the truth. May their eyes be opened! May they look upon God and get drunk on His beauty. May their hands reach toward the Truth. May their ears hear the voice of the Beloved. May the shadow of a Master fall upon everyone who has devotion. All the world praises you, But where did this "you" come from? All the universe is born of Love – But where did this Love come from? O Shams, you are the owner of the land of life – the light of every heart; Even the King of Love knows no love that is not yours. -- Ode 881 [wlm] |
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| Musafir |
| 05/07/03 at 11:31:34 |
| [slm] :) The Breaking Wave of Love Ah, once more he put a fire in me, And once more this crazy heart is craving the open plains. This ocean of love breaks into another wave And blood pours from my heart in all directions. Ah, one spark flew and burned the house of my heart. Smoke filled the sky. The flames grew fierce in the wind. The fire of the heart is not easily lit. So don't cry out: "O Lord, rescue me from the burning flames! Spare me from the army of thoughts that is marching through my mind!" O Heart of Pure Consciousness, You are the ruler of all hearts. After countless ages you brought my soul all it ever wished for. The eyes of all people happy and sad, are closed to the truth. May their eyes be opened! May they look upon God and get drunk on His beauty. May their hands reach toward the Truth. May their ears hear the voice of the Beloved. May the shadow of a Master fall upon everyone who has devotion. All the world praises you, But where did this "you" come from? All the universe is born of Love – But where did this Love come from? O Shams, you are the owner of the land of life – the light of every heart; Even the King of Love knows no love that is not yours. -- Ode 881 [wlm] |
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| muslimah_4_sho |
| 05/07/03 at 18:31:50 |
| [color=Pink][/color] Rumi is my hommie! ;) |
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| Maliha |
| 05/08/03 at 08:41:12 |
| [quote author=muslimah_4_sho link=board=bookstore;num=1017885293;start=75#79 date=05/07/03 at 18:31:50][color=Pink][/color] Rumi is my hommie! ;) [/quote] [slm] Yeahhhh...he's my hommie toooooo :-/ :-/ :-/ Salha and I hang out with him *all* the time :P dreaming sis, Maliha :-) [wlm] |
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| jannah |
| 05/11/03 at 00:28:52 |
| [color=purple]On The Day of My Death Ghazal 911[1] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9557 On the day of (my) death when my coffin is going (by), don't imagine that I have (any) pain (about leaving) this world. Don't weep for me, and don't say, "How terrible! What a pity!" (For) you will fall into the error [2] of (being deceived by) the Devil, (and) that would (really) be a pity! When you see my funeral, don't say, "Parting and separation!" (Since) for me, that is the time for union and meeting (God). 9560 (And when) you entrust me to the grave, don't say, "Good-bye! Farewell!" For the grave is (only) a curtain for (hiding) the gathering (of souls) in Paradise. When you see the going down, notice the coming up. Why should there be (any) loss [3] because of the setting of the sun and moon? It seems like setting to you, but it is rising. The tomb [4] seems like a prison, (but) it is the liberation of the soul. What seed (ever) went down into the earth which didn't grow (back up)? (So), for you, why is there this doubt about the human "seed"? [5] What bucket (ever) went down and didn't come out full? Why should there be (any) lamenting for the Joseph of the soul [6] because of the well? 9565 When you have closed (your) mouth on this side, open (it) on that side, for your shouts of joy will be in the Sky beyond place (and time).[7] [/color] --From The Dîwân-é Kabîr (also known as "Kulliyat-é Shams" and "Dîwân-é Shams-é Tabrîz") of Jalaluddin Rumi. Notes on the text, with line number: 1. Ghazal 171: Compare to: the translation from Persian by A. J. Arberry, "Mystical Poems of Rumi," 1968, no. 118, pp. 102; the translation by R. A. Nicholson, "Selected Poems from the Dîvâni Shamsi Tabrîz," 1898, no. XXIV, pp. 95-97; the translation by Annemarie Schimmel, "Look! This is Love: Poems of Rumi," 1991; the translation by Nevit Ergin, "Dîvân-i Kebîr, Meters 5, 6, 7a," 1997, pp. 279-280; the translation by Nadir Khalili, "Rumi: Fountain of Fire," pp. 124-125. 2. (9557) fall into the error: literally, "into the buttermilk." An idiom meaning to fall into error, to make a mistake. 3. (9557) loss: this word also means detriment, damage, injury. 4. (9557) the tomb: "an oblong trench, where the corpse is deposited, in the side of a grave." (Nicholson, commentary, in his translation of poem XXI. His translation is based on the Tabriz edition of 1863, has some minor differences when compared to Faruzanfar's 1959 superior edition, based on the earliest manuscripts.) Arberry improved on Nicholson's translation by re-translating all of the same ghazals and using Faruzanfar's edition. 5. (9557) the human "seed": Nicholson quotes a verse (from ghazal 545, in Faruzanfar's edition): "The seed of the spirit, sown beneath this water and clay (the body),/ Becomes not a tree until it reach Thy spring." 6. (9557) the Joseph of the soul: refers to the story of how Joseph's brothers threw him into a well (trying to get rid of him), and how he was delivered from the well by a caravan of travelers who discovered him when they lowered a bucket into the well (Qur'an 12: 10-19). Joseph was proverbial for his beauty (Qur'an 12: 31), and therefore a symbol for spiritual beauty. 7. (9557) the sky beyond place (and time): may also be translated as "the sky of placelessness," "the placeless air" (Nicholson and Arberry). |
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| princess |
| 05/12/03 at 12:54:17 |
| as'salaamualaikum ;D jannah - that's awesome :-X thanks for sharing. by the way, how was rumi voted the most popular poet? i don't recall there being a voting. . . ========================= since seeing Your face, the whole world seems made of fraud and fantasy. the garden is bewildered as to what is leaf or blossom. the distracted birds can't distinguish the birdseed from the trap. a house of love has no limits, it is a presence more beautiful than the moon, a beauty whose image fills the mirror of the heart. :-* |
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| Al-Basha |
| 05/20/03 at 20:44:53 |
| [slm] Rumi rocks :) Here's a favorite one of mine: I have lived in the lip of insanity knocking on the door it opens i have been knocking on the inside -Rumi |
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| Musafir |
| 05/22/03 at 02:52:27 |
| [slm] jus a thougt The companion of the Prophet said, "Whenever the Prophet recited verses of the Qur'ân to us, at the moment of abundance that chosen Messenger would ask attentiveness and reverence." It's as when a bird perches on your head, and your soul trembles for fear of its flitting, so you don't dare to stir lest that beautiful bird take to the air. You dare not breathe, you suppress a cough, lest that humâ* should fly away; and should anyone speak sweet or sour words to you, you lay a finger to your lips, meaning "Hush!" Bewilderment is like that bird: it makes you silent; it puts the lid on the kettle and fills you with the boiling of love. *A mythical bird whose shadow brings blessings. :-) Mathnawi V:3244-3250 [wlm] ----------m.u.s.a.f.i.r--------------- |
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| se7en |
| 06/05/03 at 15:07:01 |
| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Your true substance is concealed in falsehood, like the taste of butter in buttermilk. Your falsehood is this perishable body; your truth is that exalted spirit. For many years, this buttermilk of the body is visible and manifest, while the butter, which is the spirit, is perishing and ignored within it, until God sends a prophet, a chosen servant, a shaker of the buttermilk in the churn, who skillfully shakes it, so that you might know your true self which was hidden. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Jawhar-e sedqet khafi dar dorugh hamcho ta`m-e rawghan andar ta`m-e dugh n dorughet in tan-e fâni bovad râstet ân jân-e rabbâni bovad Sâl-hâ in dugh-e tan paydâ o fâsh rawghan-e jân andaru fâni o lâsh Tâ ferestad Haqq rasuli bandeh-'i dugh-râ dar khomreh jonbânandeh-'i Tâ be-jonbânad be-hanjâr o be-fann tâ be-dânam man keh panhân bud-e man -- Mathnawi IV: 3030-3034 Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski "Rumi: Jewels of Remembrance" Threshold Books, 1996 (Persian transliteration courtesy of Yahyá Monastra) ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ |
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| Nisa |
| 06/28/03 at 10:38:07 |
| What did you accomplish in your life? How did you consume your sustenence and strength? Where did you lose the luster of your eyes? Where did you lose all the five senses? I gave you bounty. Where is your gratitude? I gave you the capital. Come show me the interest. Rumi [slm] :-) |
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| Nisa |
| 06/29/03 at 07:10:14 |
Wealth has no permanence: it comes in the morning, and at night it is scattered to the winds. Physical beauty too has no importance, for a rosy face is made pale by the scratch of a single thorn. Noble birth also is of small account, for many become fools of money and horses. Many a nobleman's son has disgraced his father by his wicked deeds. Don't court a person full of talent either, even if he seems exquisite in that respect: take warning from the example of Iblis. Iblis had knowledge, but since his love was not pure, he saw in Adam nothing but a figure of clay. Rumi (Mathnawi) |
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| imaazh |
| 07/02/03 at 10:17:50 |
| [slm] Become a person of the heart -or at least the devotee of one; Or else, you will remain like a donkey stuck in the mud. If one has no heart, one can gain no benefit; In wretchedness, one will be famous in the world. Rumi |
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| se7en |
| 07/30/03 at 21:39:48 |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ In this world you have three companions: one is faithful, the others are treacherous. The latter are friends and possessions; the faithful one is excellence in deeds. Your wealth won't come with you out of your palace; your friend will come, but only as far as the grave. When the day of doom comes to meet you, your friend will say, "I've come this far, but no farther. I will stand a while at your grave." Your deeds alone are faithful: make them your refuge, for they alone will accompany you into the depths of the tomb. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Dar zamâneh mar torâ seh hamrahand ân yeki vâfi va in do ghadrmand n yeki yârân va digar rakht o mâl vân sevom vâfiyast vân hosn-e af`âl Mâl na-âyad bâ to birun az qosur yâr âyad lik âyad tâ be-gur Chon torâ ruz-e ajal âyad be-pish yâr guyad az zabân-e hâl-e khvish "Tâ bedinjâ pish hamrah nistam bar sar-e guret zamâni bistam" Fe`l-e to vâfiyast zu kon moltahad keh dar âyad bâ to dar qa`r-e lahd -- Mathnawi V: 1045-1050 Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski "Rumi: Jewels of Remembrance" Threshold Books, 1996 (Persian transliteration courtesy of Yahyá Monastra) ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ |
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| knowledge_seeker |
| 09/06/03 at 12:26:47 |
| [slm] Yay a Rumi Thread!!!!! This is one of my current favourite poems, enjoy :D LOVE DOGS One night a man was crying, Allah! Allah! His lips grew sweet with the praising, until a cynic said, "So! I have heard you calling out, but have you ever gotten any response?" The man had no answer to that. He quit praying and fell into a confused sleep. He dreamed he saw Khidr, the guide of souls, in a thick, green foliage. Why did you stop praising? Because I've never heard anything back. This longing you express is the return message. The grief you cry out from draws you toward union. Your pure sadness that wants help is the secret cup. Listen to the moan of a dog for its master. That whining is the connection. There are love dogs no one knows the names of. Give your life to be one of them. Rumi [wlm] Lats :-* :-* :-* |
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