Rumi's Masnavi - He stood on the sand, (engaged) in the ritual prayer—sand from the heat whereof the water in a pot would boil.

He stood on the sand, (engaged) in the ritual prayer—sand from the heat whereof the water in a pot would boil.

در نماز استاده بد بر روی ریگ ** ریگ کز تفش بجوشد آب دیگ‏

You would have said he was (standing) enraptured amongst herbs and flowers, or mounted on Buráq or Duldul;

گفتیی سر مست در سبزه و گل است ** یا سواره بر براق و دلدل است‏

Or that his feet were on silk and broidered cloths; or that to him the simoom was more pleasant than the zephyr.

یا که پایش بر حریر و حله‏هاست ** یا سموم او را به از باد صباست‏

Then that company remained in need (unsatisfied) till the dervish should finish the (ritual) prayer. 3795

پس بماندند آن جماعت با نیاز ** تا شود درویش فارغ از نماز

When the dervish came back (to himself) from (his state of) absorption (in God), one of that company, a man (spiritually) alive and of enlightened mind,

چون ز استغراق باز آمد فقیر ** ز آن جماعت زنده‏ای روشن ضمیر

Observed that water was trickling from his hands and face, (and that) his garment was wet with the traces of ablution;

دید کابش می‏چکید از دست و رو ** جامه‏اش تر بود از آثار وضو

So he asked him, “Whence hast thou water?” He lifted his hand, (indicating) that it came from heaven.

پس بپرسیدش که آبت از کجاست ** دست را برداشت کز سوی شماست‏

He (the pilgrim) said, “Does it come whenever thou wilt, without (any) well and without (any) rope of palm-fibre?

گفت هر گاهی که خواهی می‏رسد ** بی‏ز جاه و بی‏ز حبل من مسد

Solve our difficulty, O Sultan of the Religion, in order that thy (spiritual) experience may give us certain faith. 3800

مشکل ما حل کن ای سلطان دین ** تا ببخشد حال تو ما را یقین‏

Reveal to us one of thy mysteries, that we may cut from our waists the cords (of infidelity).”

وانما سری ز اسرارت به ما ** تا ببریم از میان زنارها