Fleeing from Love
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Mawlana Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi (q.s.) wrote:
“Are you
fleeing from love because of a single humiliation?
What
do you know of love except the name?
Love
has a hundred forms of pride and disdain,
And is
gained by a hundred means of persuasion.
Since
love is loyal, it purchases one who is loyal:
It has
no interest in a disloyal companion.
The
human being resembles a tree;
Your
root is a covenant with God:
That
root must be cherished with all one’s might.
A
feeble covenant is a rotten root, without grace or fruit.
Though
the boughs and leaves of the date palm are green,
Greenness
brings no benefit if the root is corrupt.
If a branch is without green leaves, yet has a good root,
A hundred leaves will put forth their hands in the end.”
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