Sometimes two human beings attract each other, and their hearts wish for them to be friends and companions one with the other. There is a secret in this, and the secret is nothing other than general resemblance. Unless there is a similarity between these two persons, they cannot attract one another and move towards friendship with each other. In general the nearness of both of them is evidence for a kind of similarity and general resemblance between them. In the second book of Rumis Mathnavi there is a fine story which illustrates this. A wise man saw a raven that had formed affection for a stork. They perched together and flew together! Two birds of two different species: the raven had no similarity either in shape or in colour with the stork. The wise man was amazed that they were together. He went close and examined them and discovered that both of them had only one leg. That wise man said: I saw companionship Between a raven and a stork. Amazed I was, and examined their condition To see what sign of commonality I could find. So up I crept, and, to and behold! I saw that both of them were lame. This one-legged situation brought fellowship to two species of animal which were alien to each other. Human beings, too, will never become friends and companions with each other without some reason, just as they will never be enemies without a cause. -Murtada Mutahhari
Posted on: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:12:15 +0000
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