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I created not men to gain a profit from them, But to shower My beneficence upon them. In the men of Hind the usages of Hind are praiseworthy, In the men of Sind those of Sind.
Source Masnavi, Book II, Story VII, §2 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Rumi, God tells Moses that He did not create people to gain a profit from them but to fill them with His beneficence, and that each people — those of Hind as well as those of Sind, a neighbouring region — has its own praiseworthy customs. Today, do a free act of kindness, expecting nothing in return, and welcome without judging a custom different from your own.
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