Of Bread and Butter.

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                        "Your bread seeks you.
                    Listen, put your trust in Allah,
                    Don't let your hands and feet tremble with fear.
                    Your daily bread is more in love with you, than you
                    with it.

                    It is in love with you and is holding back only because
                    it knows of your lack of self denial.
                    If you had any self-denial, the daily bread would throw
                    itself upon you as lovers do.

                    What is this feverish trembling for fear of hunger?
                    With trust in Allah, one can live full fed."

....after Jalaluddin Rumi, in his
 Mathnawi, Nicholson edition.

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	"Your bread seeks you. Listen, put your trust in Allah, Don't let your hands and feet tremble with fear. Your daily bread is more in love with you, than you with it. It is in love with you and is holding back only because it knows of your lack of self denial. If you had any self-denial, the daily bread would throw itself upon you as lovers do. What is this feverish trembling for fear of hunger? With trust in Allah, one can live full fed." ....after Jalaluddin Rumi, in his Mathnawi, Nicholson edition.