Every tree which nurtures its fruits has been, like Mary, impregnated by the Unseen King.

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Tell tales of love frolics in the spring. So every tree which nurtures its fruits Has been, like Mary, impregnated by the Unseen King. Though fire's heat be hidden in the midst of water, Yet a thousand boiling bubbles prove it present. Though the heat of the fire be working unseen, Yet its bubbles signify its presence plainly.

Source Masnavi, Book VI, Story V, §8 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Rumi, the Persian Sufi poet, in spring every tree that bears its fruit has been made fruitful by God, the “Unseen King”, like Mary who, according to the Quran, conceived Jesus through the breath of God; and just as bubbles in water prove the hidden heat of the fire, the life that grows shows His presence. Today, look at a tree, a flower or a fruit, and thank God for the hidden life that ripened it.

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