I died as a mineral and became a plant, I died as a plant and rose to …

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I died as a mineral and became a plant, I died as a plant and rose to animal, I died as an animal and I was Man. Why should I fear? When was I less by dying? ✨ Jalalu'l-Din Rumi, Jal?l al-D?n R?m? (Maulana), Reynold Alleyne Nicholson (2001). Selected Poems of Rumi, p.43, Courier Corporation
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