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se7en
02/11/04 at 03:28:28
Come, seek, for search is the foundation of fortune: every success depends on focusing the heart. Unconcerned with the business of the world, keep saying with all your soul, "Coo, Coo," like the dove. Consider this well, O you whom worldliness veils: God has linked our invocation to the promise, "I will answer."* When weakness is cleared from your heart, your prayer will reach the glorious Lord. --- rumi *al-Mu'min, 60
02/11/04 at 03:49:16
se7en

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se7en
02/11/04 at 03:43:00
What is arrogance? It is being oblivious and insensible to what is essential, as the ice is unaware of the sun. When ice becomes conscious of the sun, it doesn't last long: it warms and melts and flows away. -- rumi

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se7en
02/16/04 at 05:06:59
if you can disentangle yourself from your selfish self all heavenly spirits will stand ready to serve you if you can finally hunt down your own beastly self you have the right to claim Solomon's kingdom you are that blessed soul who belongs to the garden of paradise is it fair to let yourself fall apart in a shattered house you are the bird of happiness in the magic of existence what a pity when you let yourself be chained and caged but if you can break free from this dark prison named body soon you will see you are the sage and the fountain of life

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jannah
02/18/04 at 21:55:24
i was ready to tell the story of my life but the ripple of tears and the agony of my heart wouldn't let me i began to stutter saying a word here and there and all along i felt as tender as a crystal ready to be shattered in this stormy sea we call life all the big ships come apart board by board how can i survive riding a lonely little boat with no oars and no arms my boat did finally break by the waves and i broke free as i tied myself to a single board though the panic is gone i am now offended why should i be so helpless rising with one wave and falling with the next i don't know if i am nonexistence while i exist but i know for sure when i am i am not but when i am not then i am now how can i be a skeptic about the resurrection and coming to life again since in this world i have many times like my own imagination died and been born again that is why after a long agonizing life as a hunter i finally let go and got hunted down and became free -Rumi

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jannah
02/19/04 at 18:40:55
Never be without rememberance of Him, for His rememberance gives strength and wings to the bird of the Spirit. If that objective of yours is fully realized, that is "Light upon Light"... ...But at the very least, by practicing God's rememberance your inner being will be illuminated little by little and you will achieve some measure of detachment from the world. -- Jelaluddin Rumi

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paula
02/25/04 at 02:37:38
There is a soul spring that adds to everyone's awareness. A Friend who brings peace & healing silence to death. I work for the kindness that touches stone & pearl the same, that sees a garden peacock equal with the road raven. Form dissolves, but wisdom remains. ~The Soul of Rumi ~
02/25/04 at 02:39:13
paula

Your mysterious giving
princess
02/26/04 at 16:52:54
as'salaamualaikum :) O Lord, truly, Your grace is not from our work, but from Your mysterious giving. save us from what our own hands might do; lift the veil, but do not tear it. save us from the ego; its knife has reached our bones. who but You will break these chains? let us turn from ourselves to You who are nearer to us then ourselves. even this prayer is Your gift to us. how else has a rose garden grown from these ashes?

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paula
03/24/04 at 18:29:10
The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep. You must ask for what you really want. Don't go back to sleep. People are going back & forth across the doorsill. where the two worlds touch. The door is round & open. Don't go back to sleep. ~ Rumi
03/24/04 at 18:29:44
paula

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UmmWafi
03/25/04 at 00:48:33
What hurts the soul ? To live without tasting the water of its own essence ~ Rumi

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Nawawi
03/30/04 at 16:48:11
Satan's Snares for Mankind Thus spake cursed Iblis to the Almighty, "I want a mighty trap to catch human game withal." Allah gave him gold and silver and troops of horses Saying, "You can catch my creatures with these." Iblis said, "Bravo!" but at the same time hung his lip, And frowned sourly like a bitter orange. Then Allah offered gold and jewels from precious mines To that laggard in the faith, Saying, "Take these other traps, O cursed one." But Iblis said, "Give me more, O blessed Defender." Allah gave him succulent and sweet and costly wines, And also store of silken garments. But Iblis said, "O Lord, I want more aids than these, In order to bind men in my twisted rope So firmly that Thy adorers, who are valiant men May not, man-like, break my bonds asunder." When at last Allah showed him the beauty of women, Which bereaves men of reason and self-control, Then Iblis clapped his hands and began to dance, Saying, "Give me these; I shall quickly prevail with these!" This is followed by comments on the text, "Of goodliest fabric we created man, and then brought him down to the lowest of the low, saying those who believe and do the things that are right;" (Qur'an, XCV:4) and on the verses, "If thou goest the road, they will show thee the road; If thou becomest naught, they will turn thee to being." -Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi, Mathnawi V

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abuDujana
04/06/04 at 13:11:56
... In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest, where no one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art. M. Jalaluddin Rumi

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timbuktu
04/06/04 at 20:14:20
[slm] all you Rumi lovers :) which of you have read the mathnawi in Persian? and which have heard it on Radio Pakistan? but that would have been ages ago.

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Abu_Hamza
04/06/04 at 22:25:00
[slm] br. timbuktu, you can understand persian?  :o

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timbuktu
04/06/04 at 22:49:50
[slm]  :) at school, in grade 6, I took Persian instead of Arabic it is a beautiful language, particularly suited to poetry. Not that I can do any (poetry, I mean). One can say the same thing in Persian in many ways: Take the sentence: "I said/talked to him/her" Translations in Persian: a. [size=5] ãä Çæ ÑÇ ßÝÊã  [/size] (mun oo raa guftam) the "k= [size=5] ß [/size]" in the last word is to be read as "g". I have lamented on not finding an Urdu keyboard here b. [size=5] Çæ ÑÇ ßÝÊã  [/size] (oo raa guftam) c. [size=5] ßÝÊãÔ [/size] (guftamash) What I learnt was ages ago, and I haven't read much Persian since, but it is an easy language for those who know Urdu, and I could brush it up in 15 days. Now perhaps it will take longer. and may Allah forgive me: my pir father-in-law comes to stay with us once in a while, and on of his visits he brought a rare book from India on the permissibility of "sama3" [size=5] ÓãÇÚ [/size] in Persian, which he wanted to translate. Seeing him struggle with it, I helped (a lot) and although it wasn't an exact translation (more a free-flowing one, if you know what I mean), it wasn't bad. It was published and distributed among my f-i-l's sufi friends.
04/07/04 at 01:40:07
timbuktu

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se7en
05/17/04 at 03:54:50
~ 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. ~

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ajeeb
05/17/04 at 10:01:03
Thorns   Why should I grieve because of a thorn? Once it had made laughter known to me. Whatever you lost through the stroke of destiny, know it was to save you from adversity. One small affliction keeps off greater afflictions; one small loss prevents greater losses. -Rumi

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ajeeb
05/19/04 at 06:03:49
Passion makes the old medicine new: Passion lops off the bough of weariness. Passion is the elixir that renews: how can there be weariness when passion is present? Oh, don't sigh heavily from fatigue: seek passion, seek passion, seek passion! - Rumi

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ajeeb
05/21/04 at 07:57:54
There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don't you? You feel the separation from the Beloved. Invite Him to fill you up, embrace the fire. Remind those who tell you otherwise that Love comes to you of its own accord, and the yearning for it cannot be learned in any school. --Rumi

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Musafir
06/02/04 at 01:35:03
As-Sallam Alaykum When God gives spiritual awareness to any community, the face and voice of a prophet become a miraculous proof. The prophet calls aloud and the soul of the community fall to worship within. Never had the soul's ear heard a cry like this. That stranger, the soul, immediately perceiving the wondrous voice, hears from God's own tongue the words, "Truly, I am near."            ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Dar del-e har ommati kaz Haqq mazeh-st ruy o âvâz-e payambar mo`jezeh-st Chon payambar az berun bângi zanad jân-e ommat dar darun sajdeh konad Zânkeh jens-e bâng-e u andar jahân az kasi na-shenideh bâshad gush-e jân n gharib az zawq-e âvâz-e gharib az zabân-e Haqq shonud "inni qarib"            -- Mathnawi II: 3598-3601                Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski                "Rumi: Daylight"                Threshold Books, 1994                Persian transliteration courtesy of Yahyá Monastra hay ! how come the 'Lamp' icon's light change from blue 2 yellow..

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ajeeb
06/02/04 at 06:16:51
you mustn't be afraid of death you're a deathless soul you can't be kept in a dark grave you're filled with God's glow be happy with your Beloved you can't find any better the world will shimmer because of the diamond you hold when your heart is immersed in this blissful Love you can easily endure any bitter face around in the absence of malice there is nothing but happiness and good times don't dwell in sorrow my friend -- Rumi Translated by Nader Khalili "Rumi, Fountain of Fire" Cal-Earth Press, 1994

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yumna
06/03/04 at 08:13:48
i wanted to ask this question loong back ..but was rather ashamed of my ignorance so never bothered but now ..i want to ask wat is "Rumi" is it like a man ?? some scholaraly person or some kind of poetry or ..wat?? ???

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jaihoon
06/03/04 at 08:27:43
:) Rumi is mystic poet to some, a whirling dancer to some, a philosopher to some, a lover lost in the love of Divine... Many fail to see that the strength of his poetry lies in his dependence on Quranic verses quoted throughout his manavi. As Iqbal said of him, 'his bosom radiates with the light of Quran'. I personally feel it is the Holy Book which lends magic to his verses. Jaihoon
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