I tried to find Him on the Christian cross, but He was not there;
I went to the Temple of the Hindus and to the old pagodas,
but I could not find a trace of Him anywhere.

I searched on the mountains and in the valleys but neither in the
heights nor in the depths was I able to find Him.
I went to the Caaba in Mecca, but He was not there either.

I questioned the scholars and philosophers,
but He was beyond their understanding.

I then looked into my heart and it was there where He dwelled
that I saw Him; He was nowhere else to be found.

Jelaluddin Runii