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Before they came we were all alike, No one knew whether he was right or wrong. Genuine coin and base coin were current alike; The world was a night, and we travelers in the dark, Till the sun of the prophets arose, and cried, "Begone. O slumber; welcome, O pure light!" Now the eye sees how to distinguish colors, It sees the difference between rubies and pebbles.
Source Masnavi, Book II, Story I, §4 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Rumi, before the prophets came the world was like a night in which true coin and false coin were confused; their light, like a rising sun, makes it possible to tell rubies from pebbles. Today, in a confusing situation, take a calm moment to let that light come, then ask yourself what is truly precious and what is not.
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