POLISHING THE MIRROR
When Abu Bakr met Muhammad (saw)he said,
"This is not a face that lies."
Abu Bakr was one whose bowl
has fallen from the roof.
There’s no hiding the fragrance that comes
from an ecstatic. A polished mirror
cannot help reflecting.
Prophet Muhammad (saw) once talking to a crowd
of chieftains, princes with great influence,
when a poor blind man interrupted him.
Muhammad (saw) frowned and said to the man,
"Let me attend to these visitors.
This is a rare chance,
whereas you are already my friend.
We’ll have ample time."
Then someone nearby said, "That blind man
may worth a hundred kings. Remember
the proverb , Human beings are mines."
World – power means nothing. Only the unsayable,
jeweled inner life matters.
Muhammad (saw) replied, " Do not think that I’m concerned
with being acknowledged by these authorities.
If a beetle moves toward rosewater, it proves
that the solution is diluted. Beetles
love dung, nor rose essence.
If a coin is eager to be tested
by the touchstone, that coin
itself may be a touchstone.
A thief loves night.
I am day. I reveal essences,
A calf thinks God is a cow.
A donkey’s theology changes
when someone new pets it
and gives what it wants.
I am not a cow, or thistles for camels
to browse on. People who insult me
are polishing the mirror."
From: Jelaluddin Balkhi (RUMI)
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