Sufi heart with wings

The Symbol of the Sufi Message

by Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan

The symbol of the Sufi Message, which is a heart with wings, denotes its ideal. The heart is both earthly and heavenly. The heart is a receptacle on earth of the divine Spirit, and when it holds the divine Spirit, it soars heavenward; the wings picture its rising. The crescent in the heart symbolizes responsiveness. It is the heart that responds to the spirit of God, which rises. The crescent is a symbol of responsiveness because it grows fuller as the moon grows fuller by responding more and more to the sun as it progresses. The light one sees in the crescent is the light of the sun. As it gets more light with its increasing response, so it becomes fuller of the light of the sun. The star in the heart of the crescent represents the divine spark which is reflected in the human heart as love, and which helps the crescent towards its fullness. 

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Did I Not Say To You

Did I not say to you, 

“Go not there, for I am your friend; in this 

mirage of annihilation I am the fountain of life?” 

Even though in anger you depart a hundred thousand years 

from me, in the end you will come to me, for I am your goal.

Did I not say to you, 

“Be not content with worldly forms, for I 

am the fashioner of the tabernacle of your contentment?” 

Did I not say to you, 

“I am the sea and you are a single fish; 

go not to dry land, for I am your crystal sea?” 

Did I not say to you,

 “ Go not like birds to the snare; come, for 

I am the power of flight and your wings and feet?” 

Did I not say to you,

 “ They will waylay you and make you 

cold, for I am the fire and warmth and heat of your desire?” 

Did I not say to you, 

“ They will implant in you ugly qualities 

so that you will forget that I am the source of purity to you?” 

Did I not say to you, 

“Do not say from what direction the servant’s affairs come into order?”

 I am the Creator without 

directions. 

If you are the lamp of the heart, know where the road is to the 

house; and if you are godlike of attribute, 

know that I am your 

Maser.

Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi

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