#mathnawi

"The porter runs to the heavy load and takes it from others, knowing burdens are the foundation of ease and bitter things the forerunners of pleasure. See the porters struggle over the load! It’s the way of those who see the truth of things. Paradise is surrounded by what we dislike; the fires of hell are surrounded by what we desire."

Become the Light.

☀️ Whatever I say in exposition and explanation of Love, when I come to Love (itself) I am ashamed of that (explanation). Although the commentary of the tongue makes (all) clear, yet the tongueless love is clearer. Whilst the pen was making haste in writing, it split itself as soon as it came to Love. In expounding it (Love), the intellect lay down (helplessly) like an ass in the mire : it was Love (alone) that uttered the explanation of Love and loverhood. The proof of the sun is the sun itself. If require the proof, do not avert your face from him. . From the Mathnawi by Mawlana Jalalûddine Rumi ☀️ كل ما أقوله لتفسير الحب هو ناقص و أنا أخجل من تفسيري. رغم أن تعليق اللسان يجعله واضح، فإن شرح الحب بغير كلام أوضح. حين تسَرَّع القلم بالكتابة، تكسَّر حالما بدأ يكتب عن الحب. لتوضيح الحب، يجلس العقل عاجزا كحال الدبر في الوحل، فالحب هو مَن نَطق بتوضيح الحب و المحبة. حجة وجود الشمس هي الشمس بعينه، و إذا احتَجْت لدليل فلا تُشِحْ بنظرك عنه. . مولانا جلال الدين الرومي، من كتاب المثنوي. ☀️ 📸 Whirling dervishes in Galata Mawlawi House (Ottoman Empire), 1870. تكية مولوية في حي كالاتا، اسطمبول سنة 1870 في عهد الدولة العثمانية. ☀️ #rumi #mawlana #mevlana #mevlevi #sufism #islam #mathnawi #mesnevi #turkmen #tasawwuf #sufipoetry #sufimusic #samaa #love #turkey #balkh #persia #تصوف #اسلام #جلال_الدين_الرومي #مولانا #المولوية #تركمان #بلخ #بلاد_الفرس #المثنوي #شعر_صوفي #سماع_صوفي #سماع #عشق

The saint’s protection is Truth’s sword: your time with him is worth as much as the cup of life itself.

All the wise have said the same: the one who knows God is God’s mercy to His creatures . . .

Companionship with the holy makes you one of them. Though you’re rock or marble, you’ll become a jewel when you reach the man of heart.

Plant the love of the holy ones within your spirit; don’t give your heart to anything, but the love of those whose hearts are glad.

Don’t go to the neighborhood of despair: there is hope. Don’t go in the direction of darkness: suns exist.