Jalaluddin Muhammad Rumi Quotes & Sayings
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They followed the middle way of Muhammad, which included marriage, a socially useful livelihood, and a life "in the world but not of it. — Jalaluddin Rumi
WARRIOR LIGHT
Jafar, Muhammad's cousin, was a warrior of concentrated light. When he rode up
to a walled city, it was no more to him than a gulp of water in his dry mouth. This
happened at Mutah. No one went out to fight him. "What's to be done?" the king asked
his clairvoyant minister. "If you strap on your sword with this one," replied
the advisor, "also wrap your shroud around you!" "But he's only one man!"
"Ignore the singularity. Look with your wisdom. He gathers multitudes, as stars
dissolve in sunlight." Human beings can embody a collective, a majesty
of spirit, which is not like having a name or a body. A herd of onagers may display
a thousand antler points; then a lion comes to the edge of their field: they scatter. — Jalaluddin Rumi
ONE WHO WRAPS HIMSELF
God called the Prophet Muhammad Muzzammil,
"The One Who Wraps Himself,"
and said,
"Come out from under your cloak, you so fond
of hiding and running away.
Don't cover your face.
The world is a reeling, drunken body, and you are its intelligent head.
Don't hide the candle
of your clarity. Stand up and burn
through the night, my prince.
Without your light
a great lion is held captive by a rabbit!
Be the captain of the ship,
Mustafa, my chosen one,
my expert guide.
Look how the caravan of civilization
has been ambushed.
Fools are everywhere in charge.
Do not practice solitude like Jesus. Be in the assembly,
and take charge of it.
As the bearded griffin, the Humay, lives on Mt. Qaf because he's native to it,
so you should live most naturally out in public
and be a communal teacher of souls. — Jalaluddin Rumi
Ali and the woman whose baby crawled out on the roof
A woman comes to Ali. My baby has crawled out on the roof near
the water drain, where I cannot go. He won't listen to me. I talk, but he doesn't understand
language. I make gestures. I show him my breast, but he turns away. What can I do?
Take another baby his age up to the roof. The woman does, and the child sees his friend and
crawls away from the edge. The prophets are human for this reason, that we may see them
and delight in their friendly presence, and crawl away from the downspout. Muhammad calls himself
a man like you. Likeness is a great drawing force. Those of mean dispositions learn hatred
from each other, and they try to draw others in. Anyone whose haystack has burned
does not enjoy seeing someone else's candle lit. — Jalaluddin Rumi
A King Inside Who Listens
There are many people with their eyes open
whose hearts are shut. What do they see?
Matter.
But someone whose love is alert,
even if the eyes go to sleep,
he or she will be waking up thousands of others.
If you are not one of those light-filled lovers,
restrain your desire-body's intensity.
Put limits on how much you eat
and how long you lie down.
But if you are awake here in the chest,
sleep long and soundly.
Your spirit will be out roaming and working,
even on the seventh level.
Muhammad says, I close my eyes and rest in sleep,
but my love never needs rest.
The guard at the gate drowses.
The king stays awake.
You have a king inside who listens
for what delights the soul.
That king's wakefulness
cannot be described in a poem. — Jalaluddin Rumi