Gems of Qur'anic Knowledge and Wisdom - Part 81

Part 81

By the Name of Allah, the most Compassionate, the most Merciful.

This darwish asked his students an educational question: What is your concept? Has man come to this world from the all-embracing ocean of Divine light, or from the sublime paradise, although no logical reason for being separated from God and paradise is known? Mawlana Rumi has thus rightly said: 'We have not come but this is our shadow'. This is not ordinary speech, rather it is a Qur'anic fact. See verses 16:81 and 25:45.

The poem titled "Mast-i Mawla" is bestowed on us by the grace of the Lord of spiritual resurrection. If we don't benefit from it collectively by doing sincere repentance (tawbah-yi nusuh) and if we do not eradicate the callousness of our hearts (qasawat-i qalbi) at once, it would be a great ingratitude on our part.

The wise Qur'an describes a vast majority of people as animal-like (ka'l-an`am, 7:179).

Monday 7 March 2005

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