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The Alchemy of Happiness
Concerning Music and Dancing as Aids to the Religious Life (16)
those familiar with it. For the same reason the Caliph Omar used to command the pilgrims to Mecca to leave it quickly. "For," he said, "I fear if you grow too familiar with the Holy City the awe of it will depart from your hearts."
The Masnavi
The Old Man and the Physician (1-12)
Fools laud and magnify the mosque, But the former is mere form, the latter spirit and truth. The mosque that is built in the hearts of the saints Is...
The Masnavi
Bayazid and the Saint (11-20)
You have made the pilgrimage and gained the life to come, You have become pure, and that in a moment of time. Of a truth that is God which your soul...
Secret Teachings of All Ages
The Faith of Islam (18)
Dating from the Hegira the power of the Prophet steadily grew until in the eighth year Mohammed entered Mecca after practically a bloodless victory...
The Masnavi
Bayazid and the Saint (1-10)
The Sage said, "Whither are you going, O Bayazid? Where will you bring your caravan to a halt?" Bayazid replied, "At dawn I start for the Ka'ba."...
The Conference of the Birds
Speech of the Second Bird (3)
Rabi'ah, although a woman, was the crown of men. She once spent eight years making a pilgrimage to the Ka'aba by measuring her length on the ground....
Secret Teachings of All Ages
The Faith of Islam (20)
"Conscious that life was waning away within him," writes Washington Irving, "Mahomet, during this last sojourn in the sacred city of his faith,...
The Conference of the Birds
Excuse of the Seventh Bird (2)
A young pupil, unknown to his shaikh he thought) had a small hoard of gold pieces. The shaikh said nothing, and one day they set out together on a...
Secret Teachings of All Ages
The Faith of Islam (33)
The Caaba, or cube-shaped building in the midst of the great court of the mosque at Mecca, is the most holy spot in the Islamic world. Toward it the...
The Conference of the Birds
The Birds Discuss the Proposed Journey to the Simurgh (2)
One night when the Shaikh Bayazid went out from the town he noticed that a profound silence lay over the plain. The moon lighted the world making the...
The Masnavi
Prologue (81-90)
Many hearts and souls would become lovers of God Of these Abu Talib, the Prophet's uncle, was one; He said, "What will the Arabs say of me? That my ow...
The Conference of the Birds
Question of the Twenty-First Bird (4)
A man humbly asked permission to say a prayer on the carpet of the Prophet, who refused, and said: 'The earth and the sand are burning. Put your face...
The Masnavi
The People of Saba (145-154)
My fear is increased by remaining idle." Why then, O faint-hearted one, in the matter of religion Are you paralysed by the fear of loss? See you not...
The Masnavi
Bayazid and the Saint (21-30)
Tho Beloved once called the Ka'ba 'My house,' But has said to me 'O my servant' seventy times; O Bayazid, you have found the Ka'ba, You have found a...
The Masnavi
The Visions seen by the Saint Daquqi (21-30)
Wherefore should you tear away the parts from the whole? If the part be severed from its whole it is useless; Till it is again joined to its whole,...
The Masnavi
The Gluttonous Sufi (11-20)
You are wearied with ten prostrations in prayer, Such an one goes barefoot to the Ka'ba, Whilst another faints with going to the mosque." "At times...
The Masnavi
The Building of the "Most Remote Temple" at Jerusalem (182-191)
Ho! seek aid of Him, not of another than Him Seek water in the ocean, not in a dried-up channel. On cleansing the inward temple of the heart from...
The Masnavi
The Building of the "Most Remote Temple" at Jerusalem (12-21)
As in reality the tree is born of its own fruit." This product goes forth from heaven very swiftly, 'Tis not a long road that this caravan travels;...
The Masnavi
The People of Saba (105-114)
The place of worship of the noble is nobility, Inasmuch as the base are evil and arrogant, Hell and humbling are the "small gate" for them. Verily...
The Masnavi
The Travelers who ate the Young Elephant (41-50)
To utter the words, 'Come to the asylum!'" The wrath of the Prophet boiled up, and he said (Uttering one or two secrets from the fount of grace), "O...
Secret Teachings of All Ages
The Faith of Islam (19)
In the tenth year after the Hegira, Mohammed led the valedictory pilgrimage and for the last time rode at the head of the faithful along the sacred...
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