Ya Karim

  Ya Wahhab

Ya Muqit

               
           Giving thanks for abundance
is sweeter than the abundance itself.
Should one who is absorbed with the Generous One
be distracted by the gift?
Thankfulness is the soul of beneficence;
abundance is but the husk, for thankfulness brings you to the place
where the Beloved lives.
Abundance yields heedlessness; thankfulness, alertness:
hunt for bounty with the snare of gratitude to the King.

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Shokr-e ne`mat khvoshtar az ne`mat bovad
shokr-e Bâreh kay su-ye ne`mat ravad
Shokr jân-e ne`mat va ne`mat chu-pust
zânke shokr ârad torâ tâ ku-ye Dust
Ne`mat ârad ghaflat va shokr entebâh
sayd-e ne`mat kon be-dâm-e shokr-e Shâh

-- Mathnawi III: 2895-2897
Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski
"Rumi: Jewels of Remembrance"
Threshold Books, 1996
(Persian transliteration courtesy of Yahyá Monastra)

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Please join the Columbus Sufi Circle for zikr;

 a practice of remembering the Beloved,

the Most Generous, the Provider of All,

the One Being

7:30 pm, November 26, 1000 Urlin Ave. Apt 1809, Grandview Heights OH 43212

Singing, chanting, poetry, spiritual conversation and potluck dessert.

Contact Hilal at 614-446-3337 or hilal1001@sbcglobal.net with questions.