Discourses of Rumi

FIHI MA FIHI V 125see it.”Someone interjected: “But we see wickedpeople turn virtuous, and virtuous people turnwicked.”Rumi answered: Well, those wicked menand women did some good, or thought goodthings, which brought them virtue. And those virtuouspeople did some evil act, or contemplatedevil things, turning them wicked.Someone asked:“What is the meaning of the saying, ‘Blessingsupon the Prophet’?”Rumi answered: It meansthat our acts of adoration, service and worship donot belong to us, they come from God. Just likethe season of spring brings the planting of seeds,and jaunts into the wilderness. They are the giftand bounty of spring.The people of this world seesecondary causes and think they are the origin ofeverything. God’s saints see the actualities as theyare created and come into being. Secondary causesare only a veil to occupy the common people.Godpromised Zachariah, “I will give you ason.” Zachariah cried, “I am an old man, and mywife is old. My instrument of lust has become feeble,and my wife can no longer conceive. Lord,how can a son be born?”The answer came, “Takeheed Zachariah! You have lost the clue. I have