Rumi's Masnavi - The grandeur which at every moment accrued to the Ka’ba— that (grandeur) was (derived) from the acts done in pure de voti on by Abraham.

The grandeur which at every moment accrued to the Ka’ba— that (grandeur) was (derived) from the acts done in pure de voti on by Abraham.

The excellence of that mosque (which the prophets build) is not from earth and stone, but (because) there is no greed or enmity in its builder.

Their Books are not as the books of others, nor their mosques nor their means of livelihood nor their houses and homes, 1140

Nor their observance of respect nor their anger nor their chastisement nor their slumber nor their reasoning nor their discourse.

To each one of them belongs a different glory: (in each of them) the bird, their spirit, flies with a different wing.

The heart is trembling at mention of their (high) estate: their actions are the qibla (to which we turn for guidance) of our actions.

The eggs laid by their bird (spirit) are golden: at midnight their spirit hath beheld the dawn.

Whatsoever I say with (all) my soul in praise of the company (of the prophets), I have depreciated (them): I have become a disparager of the company. 1145

O ye noble. (seekers of God), build “the Farther Mosque,” for Solomon hath returned—and peace (be with you)!

And if the demons and genies refuse this (service)’, the angels will drag them all into bondage.