“
This life of ours—the act of being born—what is it but ishq? This is worldly love, ishq-e-majazi. And the closer we approach death, the path of divine love, ishq-e-haqiqi, opens up before us. You have to keep ishq-e-haqiqi only for the Lord. You no longer have Begum Falak Ara before you, nor Munirabai, nor Manto bhai’s Begu or Ismat, there’s only he, Alhamdulillah. But how many of us can actually tread that path? Maula Rumi did. Each of us is a moth, whirling around in the trap set by ishq-e-maj
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― Dozakhnama
― Dozakhnama
“
This life of ours—the act of being born—what is it but ishq? This is worldly
love, ishq-e-majazi. And the closer we approach death, the path of divine love, ishq-e-haqiqi, opens up
before us. You have to keep ishq-e-haqiqi only for the Lord. You no longer have Begum Falak Ara
before you, nor Munirabai, nor Manto bhai’s Begu or Ismat, there’s only he, Alhamdulillah. But how
many of us can actually tread that path? Maula Rumi did. Each of us is a moth, whirling around in the
trap set by ishq-e-maj
...more
”
― Dozakhnama
― Dozakhnama
