“O You who are hidden within the hidden being of my existence.” ~Rumi
Compiled and written by: Nātiq Khamūsh (The Silent Speaker)
If you are freed from worldly attachments yet hear the unspoken secret,
Tell me: what was the inner sign of that Silent Speaker?
And if, like Jonah, you were freed from the prison of fish and sea,
Tell me—what was the meaning of that sea, its waves, and its raging?
This is my own translation, and it is not official Baha’I translation. In the name of God, the Almighty My sweet soul may the Almighty
The roots of Sufi movement Etymology The conventional view is that the term “Sufi” originates from suf, the Arabic word for wool, referring to the