"If a lover should come, extend him a hundred welcomes ..... and come to the stars!" Zikr Allah, Insha'allah, Hilal wll have returned as Haji-Hilal

Labbaika Allahumma Labbaik. Labbaik La Shareeka Laka Labbaik. Innal-Hamdah, Wan-Ne'matah, Laka wal Mulk, La Shareeka Laka.

"Here I am at Thy service O Lord, here I am. Here I am at Thy service and Thou hast no partners. Thine alone is All Praise and All Bounty, and Thine alone is The Sovereignty. Thou hast no partners."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onBUyyrLrJM&feature=related


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Do not remain a man of intellect among the lovers,
especially if you love that sweet-faced Beloved.
May the men of intellect stay far from the lovers,
may the smell of dung stay far from the east wind!
If a man of intellect should enter, tell him the way
is blocked; but if a lover should come, extend him a
hundred welcomes!
By the time intellect has deliberated and reflected,
love has flown to the seventh heaven.
By the time intellect has found a camel for the
hajj, love has circled the Kaaba.
Love has come and covered my mouth: "Throw
away your poetry and come to the stars!"

-- Ode 182
translated by William C. Chittick
The Sufi Path of Love - The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi
State University of New York Press, Albany, 1983

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Please join the Columbus Sufi Circle
November 19, 2011, 7:30 pm
Zawiyya al Mu'min
1000 Urlin Ave., #1507
... if a lover should come, extend him a
hundred welcomes! ... and come to the stars!"
Love songs for Allah, sohbet, desserts.....

Contact Hilal at 614-446-3337 or hilal1001@sbcglobal.net
for details, directions
before October 23 or after November 11
I'm not sure I will be reachable in Saudi Arabia