When the soul is intimately united with God, To name the one is the same as naming the other.

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Strangers may pronounce the "pure name" of God, Yet it effects no such marvels, for they lack love. All that 'Isa accomplished by the name of Jehovah, Zulaikha attained through the name "Yusuf." When the soul is intimately united with God, To name the one is the same as naming the other.

Source Masnavi, Book VI, Story IX, §12 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Rumi, pronouncing the name of God without love works no marvels, whereas Zulaikha obtained everything through the mere name of Yusuf (Joseph), whom she loved, as Jesus (ʿIsa) did through the name of God: when the soul is united with God, to name the one is to name the other. Today, say the name of God, or that of a dear one, once, slowly and with all your love, rather than mechanically.

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