The Kaaba of Gabriel and the celestial spirits is a Lote-tree;
The glutton’s qibla is a cloth laden with dishes of food.
The qibla of the arif is the light of union with God;
the qibla of the philosopher’s mind is fantasy.
The qibla of the ascetic is God, the Gracious;
the qibla of the flatterer is a purse of gold.
The qibla of the spiritual is patience and long-suffering;
the qiblah of form-worshippers is an image of stone.
The qibla of those who live in the inward is the Bounteous One;
the qibla of those who worship the outward is a woman’s face.
(M I, 1896–1900) -RUMI
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