To be remembered after death

Epitaph of Maulana Rumi (may Allah be pleased with him) :

When we are dead, seek not our tomb in the earth, but find it in the hearts of men.

Got this student thinking… where will we be found?

 

The point of being afflicted

Maulana Rumi, may Allah be pleased with him, said:

He has afflicted you from every direction in order to pull you back to the Directionless.

We can, regardless of our own individual state, derive many teachings from this short statement, which is why this student is going to leave this quote here so that she can reflect more clearly.

 

If thou wilt be observant by Maulana Rumi

If thou wilt be observant and vigilant, thou wilt see at every moment the response to thy action. Be observant if thou wouldst have a pure heart, for something is born to thee in consequence of every action.

(www.rumi.org.uk)

 

In one single day and night by Maulana Rumi

In one single day and one single night,
God deals with a hundred thousand things:
He takes away a whole people,
He separates those who were close and scatters each of them in a different country,
then He raises the wave of the sea of destiny and reunites those who were separated.

 

The moon by Maulana Rumi

At the twilight, a moon appeared in the sky;

Then it landed on earth to look at me.

Like a hawk stealing a bird at the time of prey;

That moon stole me and rushed back into the sky.

I looked at myself, I did not see me any more;

For in that moon, my body turned as fine as soul.

The nine spheres disappeared in that moon;

The ship of my existence drowned in that sea.