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Sound Drum and mellow Flute, resounding: ALLAH HU! Dance, ruddy Dawn, in Gladness bounding: ALLAH HU! Sun exalted in the Centre, O thou streaming Light; Soul of all wheeling Planets rounding: ALLAH HU! O Hearts! O Worlds! how soon your Dancing all would stop, Did not His Power sustain astounding! ALLAH HU! Love mazy, winding, changing, all embraces, The Night, the Dawn, the Day, resounding: ALLAH HU!
Source Rûmî, Divan (Hastie), Gazel 6 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Rumi, all creation dances to the rhythm of the Sufi invocation “ALLAH HU,” “God, He!”: the dawn, the sun, the planets and hearts keep dancing only through the power of God, and Love embraces the night as well as the day. Today, to the rhythm of your steps or your breathing, gently repeat “Allah Hu” or simply “God,” and feel yourself caught up in this great dance.
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