RUMI: ’The protection against God’s anger

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   Bi ismillahi al rahman al rahim

RUMI: "The protection against God's anger"

Mawlana Jalal al-Din al-Rumi (Allah be pleased with him) said:

A sober-minded man said to Jesus,

"What in this existence is hardest to bear?"

"O dear soul," he replied, "the hardest is God's anger,

from which Hell is trembling as we are."

"And what is the protection against God's anger?"

Said Jesus, "To abandon your own anger at once."

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rami Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Male Joined: 01 March 2000 Status: Offline Points: 2549	Post Options Post Reply Quote rami Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: RUMI: ’The protection against God’s anger Posted: 04 March 2005 at 9:39pm
	Bi ismillahi al rahman al rahim RUMI: "The protection against God's anger" Mawlana Jalal al-Din al-Rumi (Allah be pleased with him) said: A sober-minded man said to Jesus, "What in this existence is hardest to bear?" "O dear soul," he replied, "the hardest is God's anger, from which Hell is trembling as we are." "And what is the protection against God's anger?" Said Jesus, "To abandon your own anger at once."
	Rasul Allah (sallah llahu alaihi wa sallam) said: "Whoever knows himself, knows his Lord" and whoever knows his Lord has been given His gnosis and nearness.

AhmadJoyia Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 20 March 2005 Status: Offline Points: 1647	Post Options Post Reply Quote AhmadJoyia Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 March 2005 at 9:03am
	Bro rami, can post the reference from where Mawlana Jalal al-Din al-Rumi must have got this narration between Prophet Jesus and a "sober minded man"? Admittedly, I don't find it in Quran nor any hadith (atleast not to my limited knowledge). I shall appreciate it. Cheers!

DavidC Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Male Christian Joined: 20 September 2001 Location: Florida USA Status: Offline Points: 2474	Post Options Post Reply Quote DavidC Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 March 2005 at 1:35pm
	Rumi was a Muslim and a Sufi poet who lived in the 13th century just after Al-Gazzali. Sufis saved many stories attributed to Jesus that do not appear in Christian scripture. There is also a common belief that the undocumented years of Jesus' early adulthood were likely spent as a Sufi dervish. If you read Rumi in English, try to find the Barks translation. DavidC Edited by DavidC