The world is filled with Light, Zikr Allah 7:30 pm Zawiyya al Mu'min

O Sun, fill our house once more with light! Make happy all your friends and blind your foes! Rise from behind the hill, transform the stones To rubies and the sour grapes to wine! O Sun, make our vineyard fresh again, And fill the steppes with houris and green cloaks! Physician of the lovers, heaven's lamp! Rescue the lovers! Help the suffering! Show but your face - the world is filled with light! But if you cover it, it's the darkest night! -- Ghazal (Ode) 1960 Translation by Annemarie Schimmel "Look! This is Love - Poems of Rumi" Shambhala, 1991 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ âftâbâ bâr-e dîgar khâne(a) râ por nur kon dustân râ shâd gardân doshmanân râ kur kon az pas-e kuhî bar-â-wo sang-hâ râ la'l sâz bâr-e dîgar ghure(a)-hâ râ pokhte(a)-wo angur kon âftâba bâr-e dîgar bâgh râ sar sabz kon dasht râ-wo kesht râ por holle(a)-wo por jur kon eyy(ay) tabîb-e 'âsheqân-o ay cherâgh-e âseman 'âsheqân râ dastgîr-o châre(a)-ye ranjur kon gar jahân por nur khvâhî dast az ru bâz gîr var jahân târîk khvahî ruy râ mastur kon - Persian transliteration courtesy of Behnaz Hashemipour from Isfahan, Iran ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 25:61 to top Sahih International Blessed is He who has placed in the sky great stars and placed therein a [burning] lamp and luminous moon. 25:62 to top Sahih International And it is He who has made the night and the day in succession for whoever desires to remember or desires gratitude. Join the Columbus Sufi Circle to remember in gratitude! Singing, praying, sohbet and insha'allah dessert! Saturday, June 1, 2013 beginning at 7:30 pm 1000 Urlin Ave.Apt. 1507 Grandview Heights, OH 43212 Please call or e-mail Hilal at 614-446-3337 hilal1001@sbcglobal.net for more information.