Finding God, Knowing God

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ 

Mawlana Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi (q.s.) wrote: 

“Go not there, for I am your Friend.

In this mirage of annihilation,

I am the Fountain of life.

Even though in anger you depart,

A hundred thousand years from Me,

In the end you will come to Me,

For I am your goal.

Did I not Say to you,

‘Be not content with worldly forms,

For I am the Fashioner of the tabernacle of your contentment’?

Did I not Say to you, ‘I am the Sea and you are a single fish;

Go not to dry land, for I am your crystal Sea’?

Did I not Say to you, ‘Go not like birds to the snare.

Come, for I am the Power of flight and your wings and feet’?

Did I not Say to you, ‘They will waylay you and make you cold,

For I am the Fire, and Warmth and Heat of your desire’?

Did I not Say to you, ‘They will implant in you ugly qualities,

So that you will forget that I am the Source of purity to you’?

Did I not Say to you, ‘Do not say from what direction,

The servant’s affairs come into order.

I am the Creator without directions’?

If you are the lamp of the heart,

Know where the road is to the House;

And if you are god-like of Attribute,

Then know that I am your Master.’”