Monday, December 8, 2008

Shaykh Muzaffer ...


Love makes us speak ... 
Love makes us moan ... 
Love makes us die ... 
Love brings us to life ... 
Love makes us drunk and bewildered ... 
It sometimes makes one a king ... 
Love and the lover have no rigid doctrine ... 
Whichever direction the lover takes, he turns toward his beloved ... 
Wherever he may be, he is with his beloved ... 
Wherever he goes, he goes with his beloved ... 

He cannot do anything 
Cannot survive for even one moment 
Without his beloved ... 

He constantly recalls his beloved 
As his beloved remembers him ... 

Lover and beloved 
Remember and remembered
Are ever in each other’s company ... 
Always together ...

Love makes us penetrate the mountains ... 
Love makes us reach the goal ... 
Love causes ecstasy ... 

Ecstasy 
The state in which love and longing overwhelm the soul 
Gives the taste to the dhikr (remembrance) of the worshipper ... 

Such a state is this that 
If that at that moment one of the worshippers limbs were to be cut off or broken 
He would not even feel that pain 
Amid the joy and delight occasioned by his vision 
Of the everlasting Beauty ...

Now, to those who claim to love, I address these questions:
How often have you wiped away the tears of a lover weeping for the love of God ???
Have you yourself ever shed a single tear for love of God ???
How many nights have you spent without sleep for love of God ???
What sacrifices have you been able to bear for love of God ???

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