One day Iqbal questioned the Kalim of Toor: ‘O You whose foot-prints converted the Valley of Sinai into a garden!

The fire of Namrud* is still ablaze in the world; why your Love’s old fire has been hidden from the eye’? * Though the Holy Qur’an does not say so it is universally believed in Islamic literature that Namrud was the king who ordered that Ibrahim A.S. be thrown into the fire).

The reply of Sinai’s Master was: ‘If you are a Muslim, leaving the Invisible do not become the lover of the visible.

If you have taste for the visible you need the Faith of Khalil; otherwise ashes are the adornments of your life.

If you are Lover of the Invisible do not care at all; set your lamp in the Valley of Faran and remain waiting.

The visible’s glory is temporary; the Invisibile’s Majesty is permanent. This Truth has the body-and-soul connection with Love.

What if the flame of Namrud is alight in the world? The candle melts itself in the midst of the assembly; my light like the stone’s spark is better if concealed.’