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Of Bread and Butter.

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Topic: Of Bread and Butter.

Posted By: Abu Fauzi
Subject: Of Bread and Butter.
Date Posted: 11 April 2022 at 3:50am

"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.