By me Names and Named were brought to view.

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I was on that day when the Names were not, Nor any sign of existence endowed with name, By me Names and Named were brought to view On the day when there was not "I" and "We," […]

Source Rûmî, Divan (Davis), “Love's Desire” / “The Finding of the Beloved” · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Rumi, the Persian Sufi poet, the soul united with God remembers a “day” before all things, when nothing yet had a name and there was no separation between “I” and “we”; the Names are those which, according to the Quran, God taught to Adam. Today, before someone you meet, let the boundary between you and them soften, and look at them as coming from the same Source as you.

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