| About the Mantiq al-Tayr |
"And silently their shining Lord replies:
'I am a mirror set before your eyes,
And all who come before my splendor see
Themselves, their own unique reality ...
... The Simurgh, Truth's last flawless jewel, the light
In which you will be lost to mortal sight,
Dispersed to nothingness until once more
You find in Me the selves you were before.'"
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| Sunday, November 05, 2006 |
| God remonstrates with Moses |
God said: 'Gharoun has ten times seven times,
Dear Moses, begged forgiveness for his crimes --
Still you ignore him, though his soul is free
From all the twisting growths of blasphemy;
I have uprooted them and now prepare
A robe of grace in answer to his prayer.
You have destroyed him; wound has followed wound;
You force his head to bow down to the ground --
If you were his creator you would give
Some respite to this suffering fugitive.'
One who shows mercy to the merciless
Brings mercy close to Godlike blessèdness;
The ocean of God's grace is infinite --
Our sins are like a tear dissolved in it.
How could His mercy change? -- it can contain
No trace of temporal corruption's stain.
One who accuses sinners takes the part
Of tyranny, and bears a tyrant's heart.
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