Rumi (rh) Quote...

Hi

Taken from Salikah: A Student's Digest:
http://salikah.blogspot.com/2005/10/mawlana-rumi-do-not-lose-hope.html

"One must not despair of God, for hope is the first step on the
road to salvation. Even if you do not travel the road, at least
keep the road open. Do not say that you have gone astray.
Take the straight way, and there will be no crookedness.
Straightness is the quality of Moses' staff; the kinks are in the
staves of the sorcerers: when straightness comes it devours all
the others. If you have done evil you have done it to yourself.
How could the evil you have done ever reach Him? When a bird
perches on a mountaintop and then flies away, what has the
mountain gained or lost? When you straighten yourself out,
nothing else remains. Do not abandon hope."

-Jalal al-Din Rumi, "Signs of the Unseen", trans. Wheeler Thackston, pp. 9-10.

SubhanAllah. And people think that Rumi (rh) is just some esoterical poet talking in general terms of love/romance. May we all take inspiration from this. Ameen. He is mashaAllah a giant amongst the lovers of Allah and the Prophet (sw).


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