Maulana Jajaj uddin Rumi was born in 1207 in Balkh Afghanistan and died in 1273 Konia in Turkey where there is a Mausoleum. The following selection is from Masnavi.and translation is by Professor R A Nicholson of Cambridge University. Professor Nicholson commenced the monumental task of translation in 1922 and completed in1940. It has 6 volumes and is called "Masnavi of Rumi". Khaliq M Khan, September 27, 2019. When the lamps are lit and the tables are laid, after the evening prayer, I am engrossed with the thought of my Beloved, with grief, sorrow and lamentation. My prayer is fiery for I perform the ablution with my tears. When the call for prayer comes, the gate of my mosque is set on fire. Strange is the prayer of mad; tell me, is it correct to say prayers like this in complete disregard of time and space? Strange are the two rak’ats and stranger still the fourth one. How strange, I recited a Sura without a tongue! How can I knock at the door of God, since I h...
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