Ep.48. Rumi on Divine Feast & Inner Beast | Ghazal 10 | Rumi Podcast

🔹Host: Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani
🔹Recitation: Reyhaneh Davoodi-Kahaki
🔹Consultant: Mohammad Davoodi
🔹Music: ‪@amirmohamdmonjezi‬
What does it mean to be invited by the Divine? In this episode of the Rumi Podcast, we explore Ghazal 10 from Rumi’s Diwan. This mystical poem blends Sufi spirituality, symbolism, and paradox—inviting us to reflect on God’s Mercy, Wrath, and our inner readiness. We begin with the image of a nightly banquet where God Himself is the Host, reminding us that all spiritual longing begins with His Grace. But not all guests are worthy—Rumi contrasts the lion (the spiritually awakened) with the monkey (the spiritually unprepared), warning that we must refine ourselves to sit at the table. The episode unfolds deep themes of divine hospitality, spiritual immaturity, and the paradox of human nature, with Rumi portraying sin not as rebellion but as the innocent error of a lion’s cub. He pleads for God’s compassion in a world where even saints carry swords of justice within soft hearts.

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