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1207–1273 Afghanistan
Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī, commonly known as Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a Sufi mystic, poet, and founder of the Islamic brotherhood known as the Mevlevi Order. Rumi is an influential figure in Sufism, and his thought and works loom large both in Persian literature and mystic poetry in general.
Afghanistan Educators Philosophers Poets Religious leaders Also known as: Jalal ad-Din Rumi, Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, Jalaludin Rumi, Rumi, Jalal al-Din Muhammad, Molana, Mowlana
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There is no worse sickness for the soul, O you who are proud, than this pretense of perfection. The heart and eyes must bleed a lot before self-complacency falls away.
That which God said to the rose,
The fault is in the one who blames. Spirit sees nothing to criticize.
Even though you're not equipped,
The idol of your self is the mother of all idols. To regard the self as easy to subdue is a mistake.
This discipline and rough treatment are a furnace to extract the silver from the dross. This testing purifies the gold by boiling the scum away.
Reason is like an officer when the King appears;
When the remedy you have offered only increases the disease, then leave him who will not be cured, and tell your story to someone who seeks the truth.
Move outside the tangle of fear-thinking.
The Essential Rumi (1995)
If an ant seeks the rank of Solomon,
How can these works and this earning in the way of righteousness be accomplished without a master, O father?
Instead of clinging to the deceptive appearances of this world, one should turn to God from the depths of the soul, with sincerity.
Stay in the company of lovers. Those other kinds of people, they each want to show you something. A crow will lead you to an empty barn, A parrot to sugar.
Divine love elevates and sanctifies everything; without love, the world is worthless and incomplete.
The intellect cannot comprehend the creed of love.
Whatever possessions and objects of its desires the lower self may obtain, it hangs on to them, refusing to let them go out of greed for more, or out of fear of poverty and need.
Forgive our faults; the true lover seeks God's presence itself, not paradise.
The lower self does not want anyone to receive anything from anybody else, and if it is aware of something receiving a special boon, it seeks to destroy it.
Everyone sees the unseen in proportion to the clarity of his heart, and that depends upon how much he has polished it.
Though we seem to be sleeping,
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