كتاب فيه ما فيه QUOTES

2 " الكلامُ ظلّ الحقيقة وفرع الحقيقة،فإذا ما جذب الظل، فإن الحقيقة أولى بالجذب منه وأخلق.الكلامُ ذريعة،وإنّ الذي يجذب إنساناً إلى إنسان آخر هو ذلك العنصر من التناسب،وليس الكلام.بل حتى إذا رأى الإنسان مئة ألف معجزة وبيّنة وكرامة،ولم يكن فيه عنصر التناسب الذي يربطه بذلك النبي أو الوليّ،لن يفيد ذلك شيئاً.فذلك هو الذي يجعل الإنسان جائشا ومضطربا ولا يهدأ. "

― Rumi , كتاب فيه ما فيه

4 " دوستان را در دل رنج‌ها باشد که آن به هیچ دارویی خوش نشود، نه به خفتن نه به گشتن و نه به خوردن الاّ به دیدار دوست "

― Rumi , كتاب فيه ما فيه

6 " الحقيقة أن الجاذب واحدٌ، لكنه يتراءى متعددًأ. ألا ترى أن الإنسان تستبد به مئة من الرغائب المختلفة؟ - يقول: "أريد تتماج، أريد بورك، أريد حلوى، أريد فطائر مقلية، أريد فاكهة، أريد رطبًأ." يعدّد هذه الأشياء ويسمّيها واحدًا واحدًا، لكن أصلها جميعًا شئ واحد، أصلها الجوعُ؛ وذلك شئ واحد. ألا ترى كيف أنه عندما يشبع من واحد منها، يقول: "لا ضرورة لشئ من هذه الأشياء؟ "

― Rumi , كتاب فيه ما فيه

8 " Wisdom is like the rain.
It's supply is unlimited, but it comes down according to what the occasion requires -
in winter and spring, in summer and autumn,
always in due measure, more or less,
but the source of that rain is the oceans itself, which has no limits. "

― Rumi , كتاب فيه ما فيه

10 " Take the famous utterance, "I am God." Some people think this is a great pretension, but "I am God" is in fact a great humility. Those who say, instead, "I am a servant of God" believe that two exist, themselves and God. But those who say, "I am God" have become nothing and have cast themselves to the winds. They say, "I am God" meaning, "I am not, God is all. There is no existence but God. I have lost all separation. I am nothing." In this the humility is greater.

This is what ordinary people don’t understand. When they render service in honor of God’s glory, their servanthood is still present. Even though it is for the sake of God, they still see themselves and their own actions as well as God—they are not drowned in the water. That person is drowned when no movement, nor any action belongs to them, all their movements spring from the movement of the water. "

― Rumi , كتاب فيه ما فيه

12 " Men and women run away from every goal, whether worldly or spiritual, because they overestimate the initial task. The proper way is a bit at a time. It is the same if someone eats too much; they should diminish it daily by a small bit, gradually. In that way, before a year or two have passed, they will have cut down what they eat by half, reducing it in such a way that their body does not notice. So it is with worship, withdrawing into solitude, attending to the service of God, and prayer. When a person enters upon the Way of God, for a while their prayers will be short. But after that, if they pray with their whole heart, their prayers will go on and on without end. "

― Rumi , كتاب فيه ما فيه

14 " There is giving, and there is knowingness. Some have generosity and compassion but no true knowledge. Some have knowledge but no self-sacrifice. When both are present, that person is blessed and prosperous. Such a being is truly incomparable. "

― Rumi , كتاب فيه ما فيه

16 " Though the words of the great saints appear in a hundred different forms, since God is one and the Way is one, how can their words be different? Though their teachings appear to contradict, their meaning is one. Separation exists in their outward form only; in inner purpose they all agree. "

― Rumi , كتاب فيه ما فيه

18 " The light that shines through the windows of the eyes and ears—if those windows did not exist, the light would not stop. It would find other windows to shine through.

If you bring a lamp before the sun, do you say, "I see the sun by means of this lamp"? God forbid! If you did not bring the lamp, the sun would still shine. What need is there for a lamp? "

― Rumi , كتاب فيه ما فيه

20 " You must journey upon this infinite road with the feeble hands and feet that you possess. We know well that with feet so feeble you can never accomplish this journey. Indeed, in a hundred thousand years you will not be able to accomplish a single stage of this journey. But even as you collapse and fall, with no strength left to struggle farther, then Our loving breath will carry you on. Even a child, so long as it is a suckling, is carried in the arms, but when it is grown it is set free to walk. Now in this hour when your powers have left you, when your own means fail, behold Our graces, Our gifts and Our love. You will not witness even an atom of such blessings after a hundred thousand strivings. "

― Rumi , كتاب فيه ما فيه