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Thursday, January 24, 2008

POLISHER OF PURE REASON

"God gave you the polisher of (Pure) Reason, so that the pages of
the heart may become luminous by means of it.
O prayerless one, you have
bound up the polisher and have released the two hands of craving. If bonds are placed on craving (instead),
the hands of the polisher will be released. 
If a piece of iron was the mirror for the Invisible, all forms
would be sent into it.
(But) you made (the mirror of your heart) dark
and you gave rust to (your) nature:
this is the meaning of (the verse)
"they strive to spread corruption on earth" [Qur'ân, 5:36].
Until now,you have done it like this; now, don't do it .
You have made the water muddy;
don't make it more so.
Don't mix it up, so that this water may
become clear, and (so that)
you may see the moon and stars circling in it!"


RUMI

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