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Ali Hammoud

What Rumi’s magnum opus can teach us about greed and contentment in the digital age of envy

 Making Sense of it composite about Rumi
‘Rarely do we sit and ponder the blessings in our lives, or the hidden struggles in the lives of others,’ writes Ali Hammoud Composite: Guardian Design/Getty Images

Rumi’s magnum opus, the Masnavi, is often read as a profound exploration of sacred love. That, of course, is true. But it is much more than that. Wisdom lurks in the crevices of the poem, and verses that we may otherwise read without second thought carry the seeds of life lessons.

Take the following translated lines as an example:

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