I tried to find Him on the Christian cross, but He was not there.
I went to the Temple of the Hindus and the old pagodas,
but I could not find a trace of Him anywhere.

I searched on the mountains and in the valleys
but neither in the heights nor in the depths was I able to find Him.
I went to Caaba in Mecca, but He was not there either.

I questioned the scholars and philosophers,
but He was beyond their understanding.

I then looked into my heart and it was there where He dwelled that I saw him.

He was nowhere else to be found.

 

Jelaluddin Rumi