“Why do we have to listen to our hearts?" the boy asked. Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you will find your treasure... Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
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Buddha, comes into a town. The whole town has gathered to listen to him but he goes on waiting, looking behind at the road, because a small girl, not more than thirteen years old, has met him on the road and told him: "Wait for me, I am going to give this food to my father at the farm, but I will be back in time. But don't forget, wait for me." Finally, the elders of the town say to Gautam Buddha , "For whom are you waiting? Everybody important is present; you can start your discourse." Buddha says, "But the person for whom I have come so far is not yet present and I have to wait." Finally the girl arrives and she says, "I am a little late, but you kept your promise. I knew you would keep the promise, you had to keep the promise because I have been waiting for you since I became aware... maybe I was four years old when I heard your name. Just the name, and something started ringing a bell in my heart. And since then it has been so long, ten year...
Light the incense! You have to burn to be fragrant... Hazrat Jalal Udin Rumi ra says: 'Light the incense! You have to burn to be fragrant. To scent the whole house, you have to burn to the ground.' Incense is made out of all sorts of dark things, just like the ego. If you want the incense to scent the house, you have to light it, light the ego. In disappearing, it releases the Divine perfume everywhere. If you want to scent the whole universe as Rumi did, you have to burn away. That is the Law...
The wine I drink is the fire of love and God Himself pours it into my mouth! What use is your life if your bones are not used as wood for His fire? I'll leave you with that. I could go on, I could fill these pages with elegant verses, but this is a tale for the heart and soul, not the lips... hazrat jalal udin rumi ra
How wonderfully gracious God is! He sets a seal on those who listen and do not understand, argue and yet learn nothing. God is gracious. His wrath is gracious, and even His lock is gracious. But His lock is nothing next to Its unlocking, for the grace of that is indescribable. If I shatter into pieces, it is through the infinite grace of God’s unlocking... hazrat jalal udin rumi ra
Hazrath`Umar Rz.narrated: The Messenger of God (May Allah bless him and give him peace) said that - "There are people among the servants of God who are neither prophets nor martyrs; the prophets and martyrs will envy them on the Day of Resurrection for their rank before God Most High." People asked: "Tell us, Messenger of God, who are they?" He (May Allah bless him and give him peace) replied: 'T hey are people who love one another for the spirit of God, without any mutual kinship or exchange of property. I swear by God, their faces will glow and they will stand in light. They will have no fear when the people will fear, and they will not grieve when the people will grieve. He(May Allah bless him and give him peace) then recited the Qur’anic verse: "Behold! Indeed, the friends of God: no fear is upon them, neither shall they grieve." (Abu Dawud )
Lovers feel a certain burning in their hearts. A deep longing and desire to meet with the beloved creates that burning. To love God is bound to create a very great fire in you. You will be on fire because you have chosen as your love object something impossible. You will have to weep and cry, and you will have to pray, and you will have to fast, and your mind has to continuously repeat and remember the beloved...
Allah does not forbid you respecting those who have not made war against you on account of [your] religion, and have not driven you forth from your homes, that you show “Birr” with them and deal with them justly; surely Allah loves the doers of justice. Allah only forbids you respecting those who made war upon you on account of [your] religion, and drove you forth from your homes and backed up [others] in your expulsion, that you make friends with them, and whoever makes friends with them, these are the unjust... Quran 60:8-9
They will spare nothing to ruin you; they yearn for what makes you suffer. Hatred has been expressed by their mouths, but what their hearts conceal is still greater. Thus have We made clear to you the revelations (or signs), if you possess understanding. Ah! You love them, but they do not love you… Quran 3:118-119
Narrated Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him), the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Verily I see what you do not see and I hear what you do not hear. The heaven is creaking and it should creak, for there is no space in it the width of four fingers but there is an angel there, placing his forehead in prostration to Allah... (Saheeh at-Tirmidhi, 2312)
God has said Be Moderate with eating and drinking, but never, Be Satisfied when taking in light. God offers a teacher the treasures of the world, and the teacher responds, “To be in love with God and expect to be paid for it!” A servant wants to be rewarded for what he does. A lover wants only to be in love’s presence, that ocean whose depth will never be known... Hazrat Jalal udin Rumi ra
It was He, not I knocking at the door it was He within. I caress my own breast for there He is hidden. No one else knows you; since you and I, I know you. Forms become a trifle when feeling and intuition richly intensify. In the end a man tires of everything except heart's desiring, soul's journeying. Sultan, saint, pickpocket; love has everyone by the ear dragging us to God by secret ways. I never knew that God, too, desires us... Hazrat Jalal udin Rumi ra
Whatever happens in your life, no matter how troubling things might seem, do not enter the neighbourhood of despair. Even when all doors remain closed, God will open up a new path only for you. Be thankful! It is easy to be thankful when all is well. A Sufi is thankful not only for what he has been given but also for all that has been denied... Elif Shafak
There came one and knocked at the door of the Beloved. And a voice answered and said, 'Who is there?' The lover replied, 'It is I.' 'Go hence,' returned the voice; 'there is no room within for thee and me.' Then came the lover a second time and knocked and again the voice demanded, 'Who is there?' He answered, 'It is thou.' 'Enter,' said the voice, 'for I am within... Hazrat jalal udin Rumi ra
My heart is on fire In my madness I roam the desert The flames of my passion devour the wind and the sky My cries of longing My wails of sorrow Are tormenting my soul You wait patiently Looking into my intoxicated eyes You accept my passion with the serenity of Love You are the Master of Existence One day I shall be a Lover like You... hazrat Jalal Udin Rumi
A certain king said to a dervish, “In the moment when you find revelation and propinquity in the Court of God, remember me.” The dervish replied, “When I come into that Presence, and the Light of that Sun shines upon me, I will no more remember myself. How then can I remember you?” Mevlana Rumi ra, fihi ma fihi 3
Amir Khusro of Delhi said about Multan: Multan-e-ma ba jannat-e-oola baraber ast Aahista pa baneh keh malaik sajda mi-kunand No less our Multan is to the highest of heavens Tread slowly for angels prostrate on here ... Multan hamara jannat-e-oola ke baraabar hai Aahista qadam rakh ke farishtay sadja rez hain...