Jesus Christ in Rumi’s Poetry and ParablesBy Dr. Rasoul Sorkhabihttp://www.interreligiousinsight.org/April2008/April08Sorkhabi.pdfDr. Rasoul Sorkhabi, is a professor at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City and directs the Rumi Poetry Club ([email protected]).
Category: Cultural
Tafsir Al-Mizan : Allamah Tabatabai -Chapter 2. Al-Baqarah (The Cow), Verses 8-20
وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يَقُولُ آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَبِالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ وَمَا هُم بِمُؤْمِنِينَ {8}يُخَادِعُونَ اللَّهَ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَمَا يَخْدَعُونَ إِلاَّ أَنفُسَهُم وَمَا يَشْعُرُون {9} فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ فَزَادَهُمُ اللَّهُ مَرَضاً وَلَهُم عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْذِبُونَ {10} وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لاَ تُفْسِدُواْ فِي الأَرْضِ قَالُواْ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ {11} أَلا إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ الْمُفْسِدُونَ وَلَكِن لاَّ […]
Moulana Rumi sayings and quotes
About Religion and God Christian, Jew, Muslim, shaman, Zoroastrian, stone, ground, mountain, river, each has a secret way of being with the mystery, unique and not to be judged.
Masnavi e Manavi : The Elephant in a Dark Room.
Book III. Story VI.Some Hindoos were exhibiting an elephant in a dark room, and many people collected to see it. But as the place was too dark to permit them to see the elephant, they all felt it with their hands, to gain an idea of what it was like.
Tafsir Al-Mizan : Allamah Tabatabai – Chapter 2. Al-Baqarah (The Cow), Verses 6-7
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ أَأَنذَرْتَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تُنذِرْهُمْ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ {6} خَتَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ وَعَلَى سَمْعِهِمْ وَعَلَى أَبْصَارِهِمْ غِشَاوَةٌ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ {7}{6} Surely those who disbelieve, alike is it to them whether you warn them or do not warn them, they will not believe. {7} Allah has set a seal […]
Tafsir Al-Mizan : Allamah Tabatabai-Chapter 2. Al-Baqarah (The Cow), Verses 1-5
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِِ – الم {1} ذَلِكَ الْكِتَابُ لاَ رَيْبَ فِيهِ هُدًى لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ {2} الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْغَيْبِ وَيُقِيمُونَ الصَّلاةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ {3} وَالَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلِكَ وَبِالآخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَ {4} أُوْلَئِكَ عَلَى هُدًى مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ {5} In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the […]
Tafsir Al-Mizan : Allamah Tabatabai – Al-Fatiha (The Opening) Verses 6-7
Chapter 1. Al-Fatiha (The Opening), Verses 6-7 اهدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ {6} صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلاَ الضَّالِّينَ {7}{6} Guide us to the straight path. {7} The path of those upon whom Thou hast bestowed favors, not of those inflicted by Thy wrath, nor of those gone astray.
Tafsir Al-Mizan : Allamah Tabatabai – Al-Fatiha (The Opening) Verses 1-5
“Though I be a thorn, and though there be a flower to grace the meadow,I grow by that Hand which nurtures me.” – Allamah TabatabaiPreface of Al-Mizan by the AuthorIn this preface we shall describe the method adopted in this book to find out the meanings of the verses of the Qur’an.
Masnavi e Manavi : The Drunken Turkish Amir and the Minstrel.
Book 6.Story III.The Drunken Turkish Amir and the Minstrel. Then follow exhortations to undergo “the pains of negation,” as they are called in the Gulshan i Raz, i.e., even as the great saint and poet Faridu-‘d-Din ‘Attar cast away his drugs, to cast one’s own will,
Masnavi e Manavi :The Merchant and his Clever Parrot.
Book I. Story VII.The Merchant and his Clever Parrot. There was a certain merchant who kept a parrot in a cage. Being about to travel to Hindustan on business, he asked the parrot if he had any message to send to his kinsmen in that country, and the parrot desired him to tell […]