Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Resuming monthly zikr, please come! "Even if snow covered the world completely ...."




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How long will you say, "I will conquer the whole world
and fill it with myself"?
Even if snow covered the world completely,
the sun could melt it with a glance.
A single spark of God's mercy
can turn poison into springwater.
Where there is doubt,
He establishes certainty.

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Chand guyi man be-giram `âlami
in jahân-râ por konam az khvod hami
Gar jahân por-e barf gardad sar ba-sar
tâb-e khur be-godâzdesh bâ yak nazar
Vezr-e U va sad vazir va sad hazâr
nist gardând Khodâ az yak sherâr
`Ayn-e ân takhyil-râ hekmat konad
`ayn-e ân zahr âb-râ sharbat konad
n gomân angiz-râ sâzad yaqin
mehr-hâ ruyând az asbâb-e kin

-- Mathnawi I:542-546
Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski
"Rumi: Daylight"
Threshold Books, 1994
Persian transliteration courtesy of Yahyá Monastra

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Please join the Columbus Sufi Circle
Zikr, sohbet, sweets and beverages
Saturday, January 26, 2019, 7:00 pm
Zawiyya al Mu'min,1000 Urlin Ave. #1809
Grandview Heights OH 43212
Call Hilal at 614-446-3337 or email at hilal1001@sbcglobal.net






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