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Thou openest the door to admit hearts every moment! How many letters Thou writest with Thy Almighty pen! Through marveling thereat stones become as wax. Thou writest the Nun of the brow, the Sad of the eye, And the Jim of the ear, to amaze reason and sense.
Source Masnavi, Book V, Story I, §7 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Rumi, God, who opens the door to hearts at every moment, is a calligrapher who writes His wonders even on our faces: the brow has the curve of the Arabic letter Nun (ن), the eye that of Sad (ص), the ear that of Jim (ج). Today, look at a face with wonder, as at a letter traced by God.
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