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.
