Lousy at Math - Daniel Ladinsky's Rendition of Hafiz

Once a group of thieves stole a rare diamond larger than a goose egg.

Its value could have easily bought one thousand horses and two thousand acres of the most fertile land in Shiraz.

The thieves got drunk that night to celebrate their great haul, but during the course of the evening, the effects of the liquor and their mistrust of each other grew to such an extent that they decide to divide the stone into pieces. Of course, then the Priceless became lost.

Most everyone is lousy at math and does that to God - dissects the Indivisible One.

By thinking, saying, "This is my Beloved, he looks like this and acts like this.
How could that moron over there really be God."

- From The Gift, Poem by Hafiz - Daniel Ladinsky

Qul: Hu Allahu Ahad

Affirm with your entire being: God is Indivisibly One.

- Quran, 112


Turn to God alone then, and be mindful of Him, and establish the Divine System and be not of those who ascribe ‘partners’ to Him

That's the true course, right action and correct discrimination.

But in contrast to this, there are those who divide themselves into various religious sects, each sect exulting in whatever beliefs they have. Don't be like them!

- Message of the Qur'an 30:31-32