"Where is God?" by Rumi
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I tried to find Him on the Christian cross,
but He was not there;
I went to the Temple of the Hindus and to the old pagoda,
but I could not find a trace of Him anywhere.
I searched the mountains and the valleys
but neither in the heights nor in the depths was I able to find Him.
I went to the Kaaba 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.
~Jalaluddin Rumi