Mevlâna Jalâluddîn Rumi on theAsma al-Husna The 99 Names of God  Just as a person is in relation to you a father and in relation to another either son or brother -- So the names of God in their number have relations: He is from the viewpoint of the infidel the Tyrant (qaher); from our viewpoint, the Merciful. Divan e-Kebir, tr. Annemarie Schimmel With us, the name of everything is its outward appearance; with the Creator, the name of each thing is its inward reality. In the eye of Moses, the name of his rod was "staff"; in the eye of the Creator, its name was "dragon." In brief, that which we are in the end is our real name with God. Mathnawi I:1239-40, 1244 |
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