They will implant in you ugly qualities so that you will forget that I am the source of purity to you

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• 2023-03-17 11:56:04

Balkh: 17 March 2023: Did I Not Say To You
Did I not say to you,
Go not there, for I am your friend; in this mirage of annihilation I am the fountain of life?
Even though in anger you depart a hundred thousand years from me, in the end you will come to me, for I am your goal.
Did I not say to you,
Be not content with worldly forms, for I am the fashioner of the tabernacle of your contentment?
Did I not say to you,
I am the sea and you are a single fish; go not to dry land, for I am your crystal sea?
Did I not say to you,
Go not like birds to the snare; come, for I am the power of flight and your wings and feet?
Did I not say to you,
They will waylay you and make you cold, for I am the fire and warmth and heat of your desire?
Did I not say to you,
They will implant in you ugly qualities so that you will forget that I am the source of purity to you?
Did I not say to you,
Do not say from what direction the servant’s affairs come into order?
I am the Creator without directions.
If you are the lamp of the heart, know where the road is to the
house; and if you are godlike of attribute, know that I am your Master.
Translation by A.J. Arberry
Sultan Rokn-al-din, Saljuqi was invited to Aq Sarai by his emirs to decide about the strategy to face the approaching Mongol horde.
He consulted Mowlana, who said, "It is better not to go there."
But Rokn-al-din went and was strangled by his own people.
It is reported that before his death he shouted:
"Mowlana, Mowlana!"
Meanwhile Rumi was at Sema. He told the disciples of Rokn-al-din's death and composed this poem.

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