I searched for God among the Christians and on the Cross and therein
I found Him not.
I went into the ancient temples of idolatry; no trace of Him was there.
I entered the mountain cave of Hira and then went as far as Qandhar but God I found not.
With set purpose I fared to the summit
of Mount Caucasus and found there only 'anqa's habitation.
Then I directed my search to the Kaaba, the resort of old and young; God was not there even.
Turning to philosophy
I inquired about him from in Sina but found Him not within his range.
I fared then to the scene of the Prophet's experience of
a great divine manifestation only a "two bow-lengths' distance from him" but God was not there even in that exalted court.
Finally, I looked into my own heart and there
I saw Him;
He was nowhere else.”
― Rumi
