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Ar-Rafi
The
Exalter
High
above all orders of being is He, in almightiness enthroned. By
His Own will does He bestow inspiration upon whomever He wills
of His servants, so as to warn all human beings of the coming of
the day when they shall meet Him -- the Day when they shall come
forth from death, with nothing of themselves hidden from God.
Ghafir
40:15-16, tr. Asad
You
are a bird of the sea, even though a chicken has sheltered you
beneath her wing.
The desire in your heart is for the sea; your soul has that
nature from your mother. Leave your land-bound nursemaid and
move on. Come into the sea of reality. You are a waterfowl: you
can live on land and sea. You are of royal birth, for...
We have ennobled the children of Adam:
you walk on both dry land and sea.
Rumi, Mathnawi II:3771-3772, tr. Helminski |
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