Reason is like an officer when the king appears. The officer then lose…

Rumi
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Reason is like an officer when the king appears. The officer then loses his power and hides himself. Reason is the shadow cast by God; God is the sun. ✨ Masnavi I Ma'navi: The Spiritual Couplets of Maulána Jalálu-'d-Dín Muhammad Rúmí. Book edited by Edward Henry Whinfield. Book IV, Story IV: Bayazid and his impious sayings when beside himself, 1898.
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