Professor Majid Naini's Holiday Message

Dr. Majid Naini, one of the leading Rumi scholars in the world, shares his translation of one of Rumi's beautiful poems about Jesus and wishes all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
 
 
Professor Majid M. Naini
Professor Majid M. Naini
Dec. 27, 2009 - PRLog -- In the Name of the God of Love and Love

On this wonderful occasion of love, a wishful time for peace on Earth, I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a wonderful, happy, healthy, peaceful, and prosperous New Year. On this occasion I would like to share one of the most meaningful stories from Rumi’s Masnavi about holy Jesus, peace and blessings upon him, which will appear in one of my upcoming books, God willing.  

A wise man asked holy Jesus,
“What is the harshest thing in the universe?”
Jesus said, “Oh my dear, the most severe thing is God’s wrath,
From that, even hell trembles like us.”
The man asked, “What shelters us from God’s wrath? “
Jesus said, “Leaving your anger at the time (of anger).
The origin of vengeance is hell,
And your vengeance is a part of that whole and the enemy of your faith.
If you are a part of heaven, your pleasure like heaven is everlasting.
Bitter is joining bitters for certain;
How can the breath of evil become a companion of the Truth (God)?
Hell is the anger and needs an enemy,
So it could live, otherwise a merciful one can terminate it.
If there were no enemy and foe in the world,
Then the anger would have died amongst people.
How can it live since it dies from the light of the (love of) righteous ones?
There are hundred thousands of darkness because of  your anger,
Calm your anger, open your eyes, be happy,
Learn from your true friends and become a master (of love).”

I hope a miraculous heavenly light of love, wisdom, and humanity will shine through the hearts of all people and their leaders to enlighten their hearts and souls to try for an everlasting peace on Earth.

Unfortunately, in this current ending year our world was again plagued with wars, violence, and greed. Many people, including innocent children, women, and men have been killed or injured. Countless others suffer from insufficient food, shelter, and medicine. I truly hope we can finally learn from our past mistakes to be kinder, more compassionate, tolerant, and generous towards each other and our environment.

I truly hope that each one of us prays sincerely to the Divine Supreme Creator of the Universe, the God of Love, for a better New Year full of health, happiness, prosperity, harmony, and peace for every living creature on our beautiful planet and universe. May our prayers and good wishes become an ocean of love and light to permeate and soften the hearts and souls of all the world’s people to come closer together and bring about the everlasting global peace and harmony that we need so urgently right now.

I sincerely wish that we all follow Rumi’s grand teachings and,

Set a fire in your heart from love,
Burn all ill thoughts & statements.    
God stayed & everything else left,
Be happy, oh fierce love, the burner of all our ills.


Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,
Majid M. Naini

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