Seek to lose your wisdom, Zikr Allah at Zawiyya al Mu'min, 2/26/2011, 7:30 pm

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If you wish your misery to end,
seek also to lose your wisdom—
the wisdom born of human illusion,
that which lacks the light
of God's overflowing grace.
The wisdom of this world increases doubt;
the wisdom of Faith releases you into the sky.

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Gar to khvâhi ki sheqâvat kam shavad
jahd kon tâ az to hekmat kam shavad
Hekmati kaz tab` zâyad az khayâl
hekmati bi fayz-e nur-e Zu al-Jalâl
Hekmat-e donyâ fazâyad zann o shakk
hekmat-e dini parad fawq-e falak

-- Mathnawi, II: 3200-3203
Rumi: Daylight
Threshold Books, 1994
Persian transliteration courtesy of Yahyá Monastra

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Please join the Columbus Sufi Circle
as we seek to lose our wisdom
and exchange it for release into the sky
Zikr Allah and sohbet,
sweet and tea/coffee to follow
7:30 pm 2/26/11
Zawiyya al Mu'min
1000 Urlin Ave., #1507
Grandview Heights, OH 43212

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