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The house of 'Isa was the banquet of men of heart, Ho! afflicted one, quit not this door! From all sides the people ever thronged, Many blind and lame, and halt and afflicted, To the door of the house of 'Isa at dawn, That with his breath he might heal their ailments.
Source Masnavi, Book III, Story II, §2 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Rumi, the Persian Sufi poet, the house of ʿIsa (Jesus, a prophet in Islam, who healed the sick with his breath) was like a feast open to all: from dawn the blind, the lame and the suffering came to his door, and the poet invites whoever suffers not to leave this door of healing. Today, be an open door for someone who is suffering: a visit, a call, a moment of listening.
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