Discourses of Rumi

FIHI MA FIHI V 203cian. After that, reason is of no use to you, sinceyou must surrender yourself to the advice of thephysician.Your companions hear your secret cries of lovefor God. When they come to you, you will knowwhich of them has that true substance—theresponsiveness of Soul. In a train of camels, thecamel in rut is easily spotted by its eyes, its mannerof walking and its breath.“Their mark is on their faces, the trace of prostration.”Although it is the roots of a tree that drink, youcan see the results of that drinking through itsbranches, leaves and fruit. The tree that does notdrink withers—how can this stay concealed?You will hear their loud shouts because theyunderstand paragraphs from a single word youspeak, and from a single letter they recognize allthe overtones. They are like someone who hasstudied the Koran; As soon as they hear the firstword from a Koran commentary, they understandall the root ideas and questions, since they knowits source. They will offer observations on thatsingle word as if to say, “Within the depths of this