Increase the Thirst

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ 

Mawlana Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi (q.s.) wrote, in his Matsnawi: 

“It was Mary’s painful need that made the infant Jesus,

Begin to speak from the cradle.

Whatever grew has grown for the sake of those in need,

So, that a seeker might find the thing he sought.

If God Most High has Created the Heavens,

He has Created them for the purpose of satisfying needs.

Wherever a pain is, that is where the cure goes;

Wherever poverty is, that's where provision goes.

Wherever a difficult question is,

That is where the answer goes;

Wherever a ship is, water goes to it.

Do not seek the water; increase your thirst,

So water may gush forth from above and below.

Until the tender-throated babe is born,

How should the milk for it

Flow from the mother's breast?”



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