Love of knowledge, knowledge of Love

Imam Ridha(as) shrine on the birth of Lady Ma'suma, his sister.

The couplets are self-explanatory and we realize the truth of it upon reflection. For Rumi, all virtual love (ishq majazi) is an image of real love (ishq haqiqi) which is between the divine beloved. Whether the former or the latter, the experience of love is understood only when experienced and not through explication. Ironically, the whole Masnavi tries to do that very thing.

Sa’di was known for his wise ethical poetry in advising and cautioning rulers and people of power. The murder of #GeorgeFloyd by police officers whose job is “to serve and protect”, and the higher systems of power that allow these recurring events, is the type of oppression that Sa’di intends here.

It's my first attempt at iambic pentameter...not sure if I did it right~

#rumi #hafez #sufipoetry #persianpoetry #poetry #rumiquotes

Advice for The Seekers

Alaykum Salam, you are right.  I didn’t mean it in that sense.  The lower self is not inherently evil.  It is evil when our higher self(the aql) becomes subservient to it.  That is what I was cursing.  And my intention by cursing, is understanding that this lower nafs and identifying with it is the root of our problems.

Ameen, Ameen, Ameen.  feel free to message off anon.

It’s not really up to us to “find them”, we can only seek them.  They are the means to God, so seek God and he will bring them into your life.  It helps if you decrease your keeping company with those that don’t benefit you and you don’t benefit and ask God to replace old friends with new friends, better friends, his friends.  You should also know that we are in the last age.  The friends of God are very few in number, and this should cause a sense of longing in you...

I’m happy that you have derived inspiration from my posts.  Though that says more about you than about me.  seek the company of the lovers and knowers, stay away from lovers who are not knowers, and knowers who are not lovers, and definitely those who are neither.

Teacher: that's easy, if you want to be more, just be less!