Rumi's Masnavi - He slipped it under his arm and said, “Good-bye, Khwája: I will come back presently, O master.”

He slipped it under his arm and said, “Good-bye, Khwája: I will come back presently, O master.” 1925

He went into a solitary nook and read it and remained lost in bewilderment and amazement,

(Wondering) how a priceless treasure-scroll of this sort had fallen and been left among the (stationer's) papers.

(Then) again the thought darted into his mind, that God is the guardian for everything,

(And) how should the Guardian, in (His) circumspection, let any one recklessly carry off anything?

Though the desert be filled with gold and (silver) money, not a single mite can be taken away without God's approval; 1930

And though you read a hundred volumes without a pause, you will not remember a single point (of argument) without the Divine decree;

But if you serve God and do not read a single book, you will learn rare sciences from your (own) bosom.

The hand of Moses was spreading from his bosom a radiance that surpassed the moon in the sky,

Saying (implicitly), “That which thou wert seeking from the terrible celestial sphere hath uprisen, O Moses, from thy own bosom,