A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Mawlana Nur ad-Din ‘Abd ar-Rahman Muhammad Dashti Jami’ ( q.s. ), in his poem on Yusuf ( a.s. ) & Sayyidah Zulaykha ( q.s. ), wrote:   “Blest is the lover whose soul has fraught The zephyr of love with no selfish though; Whose heart is so full of its darling, there No room may be for a single hair; Whose absolute love through each vein is spread, In each drop of his blood, in each hair of his head; Who forgets his own form and his features, knows No love of friends and no hatred of foes; Who bids farewell to the world, looks down With scorn on ambition and thrown and crown. If he utters a word, it’s to her that he speaks, And would win for her only each thing that he seeks. He recks not of self, in all he desires, His love for his darling each thought inspires, His former self he has thrown aside, And each thought is ennobled and purified. Rise, Jami, thou! A new life begin; Seek the mansion eternal and...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Mawlana Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi ( q.s. ) wrote, “A friend of the Prophet Joseph ( a.s. ) returned from a far journey.  Joseph ( a.s. ) asked, ‘What present have you brought me?’   The friend replied, ‘What is there you do not possess?  What could you need?  Since there is no one on Earth more beautiful than you, I have brought a mirror so that every moment you may look into it and contemplate your own beauty.’   Thus, we must ask ourselves, what is there that God does not Possess?  What does He need?  He needs nothing.  And so simply bring, before God, a heart, crystal clear, so that He may See His Own Perfection.  God looks not at your form, nor at your deeds, but at your heart.”