because they have effaced their own ego in the divine and move according to God's
Will. ......Professional poets suppose that the poetry of the saints is no different
from their own, but the breeze blowing over a garden brings fragrance whereas the
same breeze blowing over a refuse heap brings ordure.If you have any sense of
smell you can tell the difference."
Sultan Valad (son and a successor of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi) quoted from, Rumi Past and
Present, East and West. p.328. Lewis. One World (Oxford) 2000
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