Bismillah.
Today, 17th December, 736 years ago, a beautiful soul named Jalaluddin Rumi had passed on to the realm he had been longing for - a realm which only a distinct lover like him knew well. It is a date which many Turkish would remember, it is called sheb-el-arus or "The Wedding Night". It was the night when Rumi's soul joyfully united with his Beloved.
Rumi said:
When on the day of my death,
they will carry my coffin,
Don't think that my heart has remained in this world.
Don't cry over me, don't say: "Tragedy, tragedy!"
You would be falling into the trap of the demon,
that would be a tragedy.
When seeing my corpse, don't exclaim: "Gone, gone!"
The union and the meeting will be mine then.
When you entrust me to the tomb, don't say: "Adieu, adieu!"
For the tomb hides the union in Paradise from us.
You saw the decline; I find the elevation.
For the moon, for the sun, is their setting harmful?
To you it looks like a sunset; in fact, it is a dawn.
Does the tomb look like a prison to you?
It is
the liberation of the soul.
(Mystic Odes, 911 quoted from Eva de Mitray-Meyerovitch book 'Rumi and Sufism')
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O Rumi, may you be happy where you are.
May we join you soon
so we may all be merry for eternity!
"Ibrahim Adham awakened from a dream, found an angel, writing in a book of gold the name of those whom love of God has blessed.
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MashaAllah, my dear friend, thank you for this lovely sharing. May Allah make you and I among those who love those who love Allah and Rasulullah s.a.w. Thanks for visiting Lisan al-Din and for leaving this sweet comment.
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