“I searched for God among the Christians and on the Cross and therein I found Him not.
I went into the ancient temples of idolatry; no trace of Him was there.
I entered the mountain cave of Hira and then went as far as Qandhar but God I found not.
With set purpose I fared to the summit of Mount Caucasus and found there only ‘anqa’s habitation.
Then I directed my search to the Kaaba, the resort of old and young; God was not there even.
Turning to philosophy I inquired about him from ibn Sina but found Him not within his range.
I fared then to the scene of the Prophet’s experience of a great , divine manifestation only a “two bow-lengths’ distance from him” but God was not there even in that exalted court.Finally, I looked into my own heart and there I saw Him; He was nowhere else.” –Jalal-ad-Din Rumi (poet)
Ibn Sina is Avicenna, the Persian philosopher.
Just saw this while exploring your blog and I must say I love it ! Always Loved Rumi and his words…and this is a brilliant one !
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Haha! Thanks. Feel free to comment or like whenever you want – although I’m confident you’re good at the liking business 🙂 .
Anything you could suggest by Rumi? To be honest I haven’t actually read ANYTHING by him. I’ve always meant to.
Lux
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Oh No you will see I am confident at the commenting business too lol It was just that I couldn’t comment because of the problem so I just Liked !
I quoted some lines from Rumi in my Article ‘An Insight of Love’…. You can Read there. He has written so well really seems like his words are going straight into the heart !
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I will do! Thank you.
Lux
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ibn sina was persian not arab
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That was an embarrassing error. Thanks for catching it.
Lux
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