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That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful.

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This quote by Rumi captures the divine essence of love and beauty. It depicts a comparison between the rose and the human heart, suggesting that what God did to make the rose bloom with laughter and beauty, was also done to the heart, making it even more magnificent.
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Poet, Iranian
Rumi, also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, was a 13th-century Persian poet, Islamic scholar, theologian, and jurist.
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