Zikr Allah, Saturday 3/8/08 ; Universal Worship Sunday 3/23/08

If you are wise like the Friend of God,

the fire is water to you, especially this fire of Love,

which is the soul of all waters . . . and you are a moth.

But the ignorant moth behaves differently than we do:

it sees the light and ends up in the fire.

The heart of the mystic sees fire and goes into the Light.

A fire has been made to look like water,

while within the apparent fire is a real fountain.

-- Mathnawi V:438; 442-443; 445

Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski

"Rumi: Jewels of Remembrance"

Threshold Books, 1996

Join us on Saturday, 3/8 aty Zawiyya al Mu'min, 1000 Urlin Ave. apt1507 . 6pm potluck dinner, 7:30 pm Zikr Allah - call Hilal at 614-446-3337 for more info

See the fire and go into the Light