Borrowed Robes
بِسۡمِ
ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Mawlana Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi (q.s.) said, “Why does a date-palm lose its leaves in autumn? Why does every beautiful face grow in old age; wrinkled like the back of a Libyan lizard? Why does a full head of hair get bald? Why is the tall, straight figure that divided the ranks like a spear now bent almost double? Why is it that the lion’s strength weakens to nothing? The wrestler who could hold anyone down is led out with two people supporting him; their shoulders under his arms! God Answers, ‘They put on borrowed robes and pretended they were theirs. I Take the beautiful clothes back, so that you will learn the robe of appearance is only a loan.’”
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