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"None but God has contemplated the beauty of God." This eye and that lamp are two lights, each individual, When they came together, no one distinguished them. At morning-tide a moon appeared in the sky, And descended from the sky and gazed on me.
Source Rûmî, Divan (Davis), “God Only” / “The Moon-soul and the Sea” · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Rumi, the Persian Sufi poet, only God can fully contemplate His own beauty; yet just as the eye and the lamp merge into a single light, His light comes to meet the soul, like a moon descending from the sky to rest its gaze upon it. Today, at dawn or at sunset, look at the light of the sky for a few moments and let yourself be looked upon by it, as by a kindly gaze.
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