| Divine Face of Jalal ud Din Rumi |
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| God's Will |
| With the help of Allah. He helps whom He will, and He is exalted in might, most merciful. (30:5) |
| Thou art Omnipotent: Thy Will may retrieve
Before shriveled to nothingness, Thou heave: (10) The drop, being carried away by wind or water Can�t but escape from wonders of Thy Empire. Allah may calleth forth the obscurest of non-being To His call, all areready to surrender their 'Being�(11) Millions of opposites busy in pulling each other apart Thy Mercy blessing them; relieving them is Thy Art. (12) Oh God! Each moment from non-being to being Hundreds, and millions of Caravans are ready to leave (13) Particularly as each night doth all thoughts, all care Vanish and sink deep into oceans of sleep unaware Then again in the morning as true worshippers do Raise heads like fish from seas pronouncing, 'Allah Hu'! (14) In autumn millions of branches and leaves depart Defeated at its hands, to river of death sail their ark The crows are dressed in black `cause of mourning Crying and wailing on garden grass morn till evening Till the Lord of worlds hath hailed His due command: �Non-being may return to earth what it had swallowed!� (15) O black death! Return what thee hath taken, Roses, leaves all along green grass of garden. |
| (13) Life is in constant process of being: It is constantly becoming one from another. It also hints at life may change forms and it does not interrupts its continuity. One of the basic beliefs of Muslims is in resurrection. That life was present in some form before coming into this world, and shall continue in some form hereafter. Qur�an says, � To Him will be your return - of all of you. The promise of Allah is true and sure. It is He Who beginneth the process of creation, and repeateth it�� (10:4) (14) True worshippers rise before dawn to say their morning prayer. All birds sing praises of God Then: Allah Hu � God is there. (15) The life process repeats itself. Qur�an reads: �See they not how Allah originates creation, then repeats it: truly that is easy for Allah. Say: "Travel through the earth and see how Allah did originate creation; so will Allah produce a later creation: for Allah has power over all things.� (29: 20-21) |
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