If You Protect Your Child From Everything, Listen: Rumi, the Chickpea and the Cook
From Timeless Fairy Tales · 00:04:37
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"Nobody touch my child!" You do their homework, you settle their fights, you stop their crying straight away. But a child who never learns to fall never learns to get up either. We tell a story from Rumi's Masnavi: a chickpea boiling in a pot rebels against the fire. The cook answers with a smile: "You were raw; I am cooking you." Then we hold the mirror of this story up to our own homes.📖 Sources:• Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi, Masnavi, Book 3: the story of the chickpea and the cook.• Quran, Surah al-Ankabut, verses 2–3: "Do people think they will be left alone because they say 'We believe', and will not be tested?"• Hadith (Anas ibn Malik, Bukhari and Muslim): "Make things easy and do not make them difficult; give good news and do not drive people away."• Yunus Emre: "The unripe lover was raw; now he is cooked, praise be to God."💬 Which moment of your child's crying was hardest for you? Write a comment; no one is judged here.ℹ️ This episode is for general information and spiritual reflection; it does not replace educational or psychological treatment. The voice is an AI voice. The narrator's memories are part of the storytelling.May God keep you.
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