Discourses of Rumi

FIHI MA FIHI V 187Zamakhshari filled his Kashshaf with numerousdetails of grammar, lexicography and rhetoricto display his own learning—but it also fulfilledGod’s purpose, namely the exaltation of the religionof Mohammed. So, all people do God’swork, whether they know it or not. A man andwoman satisfy their lust with each other for thesake of their own enjoyment, but the result is thebirth of a child. In the same way everyone worksfor his or her own pleasure and enjoyment, andthis is the means of maintaining the order of theworld. In reality they are serving God, althoughthat is not their intent.In the same way, people carve miniaturemosques at great expense to beautify their doorsand walls. Mecca is the true aim and object ofhonor, and its honoring is all the greater since thatwas not their true intention.The greatness of the saints means nothing inthis world. By God, yes, they have an elevationand greatness, but it is beyond space and time.Suppose, for instance, you placed a silver dirhamon the roof, and a gold piece under it. Is not thegold still superior in all circumstances? Similarly,