I regard the inside and the state of heart.

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I regard not the outside and the words, I regard the inside and the state of heart. I look at the heart if it be humble, Though the words may be the reverse of humble. Because the heart is substance, and words accidents, Accidents are only a means, substance is the final cause.

Source Masnavi, Book II, Story VII, §3 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Rumi, it is God who speaks here to Moses, about a shepherd whose prayer was clumsy: He looks neither at the outside nor at the words, but at the humility and the state of the heart. Today, before judging someone by clumsy words, ask yourself what their heart is saying, and grant them the same kindness that God grants to yours.

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