Khwaja Mir Dard - The Art of Being Poor

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Khwaja Mir Dard - Hun

32 The mystical syllable hū is used for concentrating the thoughts upon God. Originally it is the Arabic third person personal pronoun “he” i.e. “He, God" (Cf § 126). The verse contains a beautiful double image: Firstly, when we concentrate our thoughts upon Him, all else disappears from the mirror of the mind, but also, if we place ourselves before a mirror and say hoo our breath will blur the mirror's surface and all images will disappear.