Sufi parable from Sanaya One person argued that reason on the street of love is blind, and that the main thing in love is ecstasy and inspiration. To prove this assertion, he cited a story about a lover who swam across the Tigris River many times to see his beloved. But one day he suddenly noticed a spot on her face. After that, swimming across the Tigris, he only thought about what he saw. And the love that inspired him to this feat weakened, and in the middle of the river his strength left him, and he drowned.
Nothing should distract a true lover from loving his beloved. Knowing this rule, his beloved can always experience the sincerity of his love as one beauty did. She constantly had to listen to the outpourings of a man who convinced her of the depth and sincerity of his passion, and she decided to test him:
“What can we say about my beauty,” she said, “you better look at my sister!”
The man, posing as a passionate lover, instantly turned in the direction she pointed, and it immediately became clear to her that his words were false and insincere.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru