Rumi's Masnavi - (But) those for whom is prepared a kingdom beyond Vicissitude, for them the drums (of sovereignty) are beaten beyond the Seven Planets.

(But) those for whom is prepared a kingdom beyond Vicissitude, for them the drums (of sovereignty) are beaten beyond the Seven Planets. 1370

Beyond Vicissitude are the kings everlasting: their spirits are circling with the Cupbearer perpetually.

If thou wilt renounce this drinking (of worldly pleasures) for a day or two (for thy brief lifetime), thou wilt dip thy mouth in the drink of Paradise.

Commentary on (the Tradition) “We have returned from the lesser Jihád to the greater Jihád.”

O kings, we have slain the outward enemy, (but) there remains within (us) a worse enemy than he.

To slay this (enemy) is not the work of reason and intelligence: the inward lion is not subdued by the hare.

This carnal self (nafs) is Hell, and Hell is a dragon (the fire of) which is not diminished by oceans (of water). 1375

It would drink up the Seven Seas, and still the blazing of that consumer of all creatures would not become less.

Stones and stony-hearted infidels enter it, miserable and shamefaced,

(But) still it is not appeased by all this food, until there comes to it from God this call—

“Art thou filled, art thou filled?” It says, “Not yet; lo, here is the fire, here is the glow, here is the burning!”