masnavi of Rumi. The fool bought...(Post 86)

The fool bought spurious coins in the hope of (it being) gold.
If there were no current (genuine) coins in the world,
how would it be possible to issue a false coin.
Unless there be truth, how should there be falsehood? That falsehood
receives brilliance from the truth..
Do not say, then, that all these utterance are false…
Do not say, then, that all (this) is fantasy and error:
Without truth fantasy exists not in the world.
Truth is the Night of Power (Qudar) is hidden among the other nights…
Not all nights are (the Night of) Power.

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Shahi Qila decorative work in Lahore Paklistan (297)

Shahi Qila Lahore Pakistan. Decorative work.

Masnavi of Rumi..Pain is a ....(Post 128)

Pain is a treasure, for it contains mercies; The kernel is soft when the rind is scraped off. O brother, the place of darkness and cold Is the fountain of Life and the cup of ecstasy. So also is endurance of pain and sickness and disease. For from abasement proceeds exaltation. The spring seasons are hidden in the autumns, If spiritual manifestations had been sufficient, The creation of the world had been needless and vain. If spiritual thought were equivalent to love of God, Outward forms of temples and prayers would not exist

Sufism and Islamic sprituality by professor Sayyed Hosain Nasr. (Post 154)

A link to a talk on Islamic spirituality and Sufism by professor Sayyed Hosain Nasr of George Washington University. He is regarded as an authority on Islam and Sufism. His under graduate degree is in physics and mathematics from MIT. Masters from Harvard in earth sciences and a PhD in history of science and philosophy also from Harvard in 1958. He has published about 50 books and several hundred articles. https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=VB5-l299Ikc&t=298s

Islam and Sufism an introduction

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