| 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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| Saturday, December 02, 2006 |
| Jacob's dream when Joseph was lost |
When Jacob lost his son his eyes grew blind;
Tears flooded for the child he could not find.
His lips repeatedly formed Joseph's name --
To his despair the angel Gabriel came
And said: 'Renounce this word; if you persist,
Your own name will be cancelled from the list
Of prophets close to God.' Since this command
Came from his God, dear Joseph's name was banned
Henceforth from Jacob's lips; deep in his soul
He hid the passions he could not control.
But as he slept one night the long-lost child
Appeared before him in a dream, and smiled;
He started up to call him to his side --
And then remembered, struck his breast and sighed
When from his vivid dream the old man woke,
The angel Gabriel came to him, and spoke:
'Though you did not pronounce your lost son's name,
You sighed -- the exhalation meant the same
As if you had renounced your vow; a sigh
Reveals the heart as clearly as a cry'."
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