Searching for God
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Mawlana Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi (q.s.) wrote:
“I searched for God among the Christians,
And on the Cross and therein I found Him not.
I went into the ancient temples of idolatry;
No trace of Him was there.
I entered the mountain cave of Hira’ and then went as far as Qandhar,
But God I found not ...
With set purpose I fared to the summit of Mount Caucasus,
And found there only ‘anqa’s
habitation.
Then I directed my search to the Ka’bah, the resort of old and
young;
God was not there even.
Turning to philosophy I inquired about him from ibn Sina,
But found Him not within his range.
I fared then to the scene of the Prophet’s experience,
Of a great Divine Manifestation only a ‘two bow-lengths’ distance
from him’
But God was not there even in that Exalted Court.
Finally, I looked into my own heart and there I saw Him;
He was nowhere else.”
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