Knock and he will open the door
Vanish and he will make you shine like the sun
Fall and he will raise you to the heavens
Become nothing and he will turn you into
Everything .
Hazrat Mevlana Jalal ud din Rumi
The wound is the place where the light enters you
If you are irritated by every rub how will your mirror be polished .
Hazrat Mevlana Jalal ud din Rumi
A number of little birds broke an (entire) armyโso that you may know that that strength is from God.
If temptation of this kind* come to you, go, read the Sรบra concerning the Possessors of the Elephant.
Hazrat Mevlana Jalal ud din Rumi
These indications of the way are for the traveller who at every moment becomes lost in the desert and not for someone who already knows it.
Hazrat Mevlana Jalal ud din Rumi
Thy Jonah has been cooked in the fish's belly: for his deliverance there is no means but glorification of God.
If he had not glorified (God), the fish's belly would have been his gaol and prison until they shall be raised (from the dead)
Hazrat Mevlana Jalal ud din Rumi
Comparing magic with miracle, he fancies that both are founded on deceit.
The magicians (in the time) of Moses, for contention's sake, lifted up (in their hands) a rod like his,
(But) between this rod and that rod there is a vast difference .
Masnavi Mevlana Rumi
If you are like Nimrod then do not enter into the fire but if you want to enter into the fire then first be like Abraham.
Hazrat Mevlana Jalal ud din Rumi