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Prayer is an Egg
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Original post date: March 9, 2007.
I can recall, even after years, hearing Shaykh Hamza Yusuf reciting in one of his speeches, this beautiful poem of Rumi’s. Definitely being one of those [...]
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Discourse 13 [Discourses of Rumi]
Excerpted from Discourses of Rumi or Fihi ma Fihi:
Mohammed صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “The night is long, do not shorten it with your sleep. The day is bright, do not darken it with your sins.”
The night is long for you to voice your inmost secrets and ask for your needs [...]
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Excerpted from Discourses of Rumi or Fihi ma Fihi
Discourse 69:
Between the human being and God are just two
veils—health and wealth—all other veils come
from these. Those who are healthy do not look
for God and do not see Him, but as soon as pain
afflicts them they cry out, “O God! O God!” calling
out and surrendering to God. [...]
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Excerpted from Discourses of Rumi or Fihi ma Fihi
Discourse 71
The difference between birds on the wing, and lovers of God, is that birds always fly in a certain direction, while lovers of God fly on the wings of their desire away from all directions. Every horse has its stable, every beast its pen, every bird [...]
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