What do they matter in the place where God is?

Excerpt

This product goes forth from heaven very swiftly, And comes to us like a caravan. 'Tis not a long road that this caravan travels; Can the desert stop the deliverer? The heart travels to the Ka'ba every moment, And by divine grace the body acquires the same power. Distance and nearness affect only the body, What do they matter in the place where God is?

Source Masnavi, Book IV, Story II, §3 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Rûmî in the Masnavi, the heart can travel to the Ka’ba, the sanctuary of Mecca, at every moment: distance separates only bodies, never the heart from God. Today, when you think of a person or a beloved place far away, turn your heart toward them and toward God at the same time, and feel that nothing essential is far.

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