Lord, said David, since you do not need us,
why did you create these two worlds?
Reality replied: O prisoner of time,
I was a secret treasure of kindness and generosity,
and I wished this treasure to be known,
so I created a mirror: its shining face, the heart;
its darkened back, the world;
The back would please you if you've never seen the face.
Has anyone ever produced a mirror out of mud and straw?
Yet clean away the mud and straw,
and a mirror might be revealed.
Until the juice ferments a while in the cask,
it isn't wine. If you wish your heart to be bright,
you must do a little work.
My King addressed the soul of my flesh:
You return just as you left.
Where are the traces of my gifts?
We know that alchemy transforms copper into gold.
This Sun doesn't want a crown or robe from God's grace.
He is a hat to a hundred bald men,
a covering for ten who were naked.
Spirit, find your way, in seeking lowness like a stream.
Reason, tread the path of selflessness into eternity.
Remember God so much that you are forgotten.
Let the caller and the called disappear;
be lost in the Call.
2006-08-14 20:37:30 · 5 answers · asked by Afshin A. 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
to bilthe ....
you are wrong in that part
he believed strongly in hell, heaven, sin, reward, islam, praying 5 times a day, fasting, oneness of god ... ... .. ..
and his poems are filled with spritual and religuos concepts of islam
2006-08-14 20:53:32 · update #1
Brilliant poem, This guy was a great poet. His great way of writing just shows his strong belief in God and the beautiful religion of Islam. I m quite proud that the muslim world has such great people.
2006-08-14 20:51:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hon....i can't help you with this as a results of fact i'm no longer an atheist or a Christan. i do no longer comprehend why you have chosen the course you're on yet as I examine your questions and solutions, I hear a mild heart, a disturbing spirit and a quest for solutions to life and all of the whys in spite of the mask of sarcasm or harshness which you opt for to positioned on. human beings here decide to label others. You rip on the labels and the mask even nevertheless you carry on on your person with a dying grip. i can't wait till you're taking the step to alter right into a organic unfastened philosopher and enable the mask slide.........the capability which you will launch would be blinding. Blessed Be ......Crone
2016-10-02 02:37:17 · answer #2 · answered by aquino 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Too bad Rumi (and the rest of the Sufis) aren't the major influence in Islam. Sufis are considered to be heretical by fundamentalist Muslims. That said, all of Rumi's material is great. He seems to have had a direct experience of God and, therefore, we see none of the ego-based attributes (sin, hell, punishment, reward, judgment) in his representation of God.
2006-08-14 20:49:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is a myth written about to solve the meaning of life........... don't you know that all writters embellish??!!!! to teel the tale???!?!?
2006-08-14 20:44:29 · answer #4 · answered by kateyes 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good poem but i do not see the point in it.
religion is still about control.
2006-08-14 20:41:40 · answer #5 · answered by santosh s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋