Discourses of Rumi

FIHI MA FIHI V 263turned completely against that desire and longing.God declared, “I have given you the elegance andeloquence that you sought.” The Prophetanswered, “Lord, of what use are they to me? Iam indifferent to them and have no desire forthem.” God replied, “Do not worry. Your originaldesire shall come to pass, and yet your indifferencewill remain, so that desire cannot harmyou.” God bestowed on him such speech that theentire world, from his time until today, has composedand still composes volumes expounding it,and yet people fall short of comprehending allthat it contains. God also declared, “YourCompanions, out of weakness and fear for theirlives, whisper your name only in secret. But I willpublish your greatness abroad so that men andwomen will shout it aloud in sweet intonationsfive times daily on the high minarets in all regionsof the world. Your name will be famous in theeast and the west.”It is the same with anyone who gambles theirlife upon this way, to them all objectives whetherreligious or mundane become attainable. Nonehave ever had cause to complain.