I came into this world to look around. I heard words without w, o, r, d, and s, and there was speech without s, p, e, e, c, h. I was hearing words from this side. I said to speech without letters, "If you are speech, what are these?" It said, "For me, they're toys." I said, "Then you sent me to toys?" It said, "No, you wanted it. You wanted to have a house in water and clay, while I not know and not see." Then I heard all the words, and I was looking upon the level of all speech. Me and Rumi (The Autobiography of Shams-i Tabrizi) By William C. Chittick