Zikr Allah, "the Mecca that's inside" - Saturday September 26 7:30 pm

Tawwaf around the Ka'aba

Thursday September 24, 2015 was the Eid of the Sacrifice, the culmination of the Hajj in Mecca

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Pilgrims
why are you turning round in circles,
what are you looking for?
The Beloved is here, why search in the desert?
If you look deep in your heart
you will find Him within yourself.
You have made the pilgrimage and
trod the path to Mecca many times.
You rave about the holy place
and say you've visited God's garden
but where is your bunch of flowers?
You tell stories about diving deep into the ocean
but where is your pearl?
There is some merit
in the suffering you have endured
but what a pity you have not discovered
the Mecca that's inside.

-- Translation by Azima Melita Kolin
and Maryam Mafi
"Rumi: Hidden Music"
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2001

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Please join the Columbus Zikr Circle
 Saturday, September 26, 2015, 7:30 pm 
Zikr Allah  
Bring poems,
 zikrs to sing and dance, celebrate
All welcome

1000 Urlin Avenue, apt 1021
Grandview Heights Oh 43212

For more information call or email Hilal at:
hilal1001@sbcglobal.net 614-446-3337