Remembering Mevlana...
Rumi's urs (Sheb-i-Arus) is usually observed on the night of December 17th. A few words from the mathnawi to remember him... (Nicholson's translation Mathnawi, Book I: 1510-1513 )
...If we come to ignorance, that is His prison, and if we come to knowledge, that is His palace
And if we come to sleep, we are His intoxicated ones; and if to wakefulness, we are in His hands;
And if we weep, we are a cloud laden with bounty dispensed by Him;
And if we laugh, at that time we are His lightening;
And if we come to wrate and war, it is the reflection of His Might;
And if to peace and forgiveness, it is the reflection of His Love...
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The ceremony of turning (Sema) in the Mevlevi tradition - performed on this night - comes to a close with a recitiation from the Quran:
Walillahi almashriqu waalmaghribu faaynama tuwalloo fathamma wajhu Allahi inna Allaha wasiAAun AAaleemun
To Allah belongs the East and the West
And weresoever you turn,
there is the Face of Allah;
Allah is All-embracing, All-knowing (2:115, Arberry translation)
...If we come to ignorance, that is His prison, and if we come to knowledge, that is His palace
And if we come to sleep, we are His intoxicated ones; and if to wakefulness, we are in His hands;
And if we weep, we are a cloud laden with bounty dispensed by Him;
And if we laugh, at that time we are His lightening;
And if we come to wrate and war, it is the reflection of His Might;
And if to peace and forgiveness, it is the reflection of His Love...
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The ceremony of turning (Sema) in the Mevlevi tradition - performed on this night - comes to a close with a recitiation from the Quran:
Walillahi almashriqu waalmaghribu faaynama tuwalloo fathamma wajhu Allahi inna Allaha wasiAAun AAaleemun
To Allah belongs the East and the West
And weresoever you turn,
there is the Face of Allah;
Allah is All-embracing, All-knowing (2:115, Arberry translation)
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12/18/2004 01:24:00 AM
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