All night, a man called out “God! God!” Until his lips were bleeding. Then the Adversary of mankind said, Hey! Mr Gullible! How come you’ve been calling all night And never once heard God say, “Here, I AM”? You call out so earnestly and, in reply, what? I’ll tell you what. Nothing!
This poem has been written by Amir Khusro (امیر خسرو) (a mystic and a spiritual disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya) in two languages which are Persian and Brij Bhasha. Brij Bhasha is a Dehaati Zabaan (country tongue) and a dialect of Hindi. The first line is in Persian, the second in Brij Bhasha and so on. The poem … [Read more…]
A story teaching a lesson, taken from the book, “Rumi Stories for Young Adults from the Mathnawi”, translated and adapted by Muhammad Nur Abdus Salam.
Here is another story, The Merchant and his Clever Parrot, from Rumi‘s Masnavi.
Hafez says: There is nothing on the tablet of my heart but my love’s tall alif. What can I do? My master taught me no other letter. Yes, my love’s tall “alif” is all I need.
Many years ago, in a poor Chinese village, there lived a farmer and his son. His only material possession, apart from the land and a small hut, was a horse he had inherited from his father.
The following poetry is from Mevlana Rumi and Hafez Shirazi, all revolving around the Beloved and the eternal kiss we all have been longing for. Feel free to submit more in the comments section below. Oh Beloved, take my life if you want and bless me with some wine from your lips!
This piece of poetry has also been read by Madonna and Deepak Chopra which can be found here on Youtube.
Socrates was accused of “refusing to recognize the gods recognized by the state” and of “corrupting the youth”. He sentenced to die by drinking poison hemlock. At the time of death, Socrates was 70 years old. He was given the opportunity to suggest his own punishment and could probably have avoided death by recommending exile. Instead, the Greek … [Read more…]
A poem in the praise of Holy Prophet, Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) written by Rumi. This famous poem has also been sung by the late Qawwali singer, Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.