Friday, December 23, 2005

who doubt exult at times and become despondent at others

In the hour of grief you turn to Him;
when grief departs you transgress.
In adversity you moan entreating Him;
when ease returns you turn away.
Those who know God remain steady,
but those who doubt exult at times
and become despondent at others.

-Rumi, "Mathnawi"

From "The Bounty of Allah," translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed. 1999. The Crossroad Publishing Company, New York.

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