Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Fwd : “Love is the bridge between you and everything” – Rumi

Toda! Many thanks Sir !

D Big grin:

True, I migrated North many years ago, however, since I haven't done so, I must visit Tayeb Salih's Season of Migration to the North in order to identify the "rubber" or robber that reminds you of someone else.

My late friend Blyden (J-J) was once known as "The random sampler" and "Jolly Papa" (on the way to the Lati Hyde Hostel, usually fortified with his pint of Porter / (Guinness Stout)...

Other folks confer on themselves titles such as "Connoisseur of the feminine mystique "

We have to be constantly on our guard. Last week, when I entered the Samsung store to enquire about one of the functions on my phone, the woman on my side of the counter, was dressed in what appeared to me to be a uniform – black and blue just as the others working there, so I asked her, "Do you work here ?" She said, "No. Why do you ask?" But before I could answer , another woman on the other side of the floor was telling her in (Arabic) that I was flirting with her and that's what she told me (she herself no spring chicken) - that I ought to be ashamed of myself, being old enough to be her father and flirting with her ! I was about to tell her that I'm not as old as Donald Trump but if I were I would have have probably grabbed her there and then or invited her for a cup of coffee, when the guy at the counter asked, " How can I help you?"

On Monday, 23 January 2017 20:41:47 UTC+1, H O wrote:

Dear Colleagues

I hereby withdraw or rather discharge the 'metaphor' of the honey bee with which I clothed Cornelius two days ago. Reading the thread that followed, I came to the conclusion that he is more like a 'rubber' in the manner of Tayeb Salih in Season of Migration to the North...

Oladosu A. Afis

Professor of Middle Eastern, North African and Cultural Studies

Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies,

University of Ibadan,

Ibadan, Nigeria.

"The best of princes is he who visits scholars."
- Jalal al-Din Rumi, 13th century Persian Sufi poet

On Monday, January 23, 2017 6:46 PM, Cornelius Hamelberg <cornelius...@gmail.com> wrote:

Cornelius,

You must correct any wrong impressions that you transmit.

Of course,

the bee sees a beautiful flower and says "Mashallah !"

As Kabir says,"I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty."

However, this much is clear :

1. Neither al-Islam nor Rumi propagate philandery and libertinism .

2. The Sufi heart is only for the beloved - as in the classic tale of Laila and Majnu

3. The Instructions were clear for the wisest King Solomon- he who built the temple

Reality : "And trust every flower but not the red red rose"

Felt a wisp of sadness today, when I read that " an ignoramus cannot be a righteous person."

Felt sorry, not for myself but for Cornelius Ignoramus….

On Sunday, 22 January 2017 22:24:21 UTC+1, Cornelius Hamelberg wrote:

Yessir,

As with " To his coy mistress",

No harm or haram in that! There are no monks in Islam! As a real Muslim you must follow the sunnah

Only the impotent bee does not like a beautiful flower or complains (like some of the missionaries) about "polygamy"

The wisest man that lived - King Solomon - was the champion and they say that that is why he was so wise.

The Prophet of Islam (s.a.w.) said, "three things I love most : Prayer, women and perfume"

The Prophet of Islam ( s.a.w.) said, "I am better than all of you because I am best to my wives"

For the Shia Brethren there are the blessings of muta/ temporary marriage

And if you don't like marriage (permanent or temporary honey) then there was this radical Hindu rascal

On Sunday, 22 January 2017 20:01:51 UTC+1, H O wrote:

Cornelius...

You are like the honey bee which is constantly in search of beautiful flowers... 

 

Oladosu A. Afis

Professor of Middle Eastern, North African and Cultural Studies

Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies,

University of Ibadan,

Ibadan, Nigeria.

"The best of princes is he who visits scholars."
- Jalal al-Din Rumi, 13th century Persian Sufi poet

On Sunday, January 22, 2017 4:09 PM, Cornelius Hamelberg <cornelius...@gmail.com> wrote:

"Love is the bridge between you and everything" – Rumi ( rimes with Funmi)

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