The True Mosque

Be sure, the Ancient (Pír) that is drunken with God, and in whose inward being there is “a goodly life.”
Outwardly he is old, but within he is young. What thing, verily, is he? He is the saint and the prophet.
If they are not manifest to the good and the evil (alike), what is this envy which the worthless bear against them?
And if they do not know them with certain knowledge, what is this hatred and hatching of plots and enmity?
And (again), if they know of the Resurrection and rising from the dead, how should they dash themselves against a sharp sword?
He (the prophet or saint) smiles upon you, (but) do not deem him to be such (as he appears): in his inward consciousness are hidden a hundred Resurrections.
Hell and Paradise are entirely parts of him: he is beyond any thought that you may conceive (of him).
All that you may think of is liable to pass away; he that comes not into thought is God. Wherefore (then do they behave with) presumption at the door of this house, if they know who is within the house?
Fools venerate the mosque and endeavour to destroy them that have the heart (in which God dwells).  That (mosque) is phenomenal, this (heart) is real, O asses! The (true) mosque is naught but the hearts of the (spiritual) captains. The mosque that is the inward (consciousness) of the saints is the place of worship for all: God is there.
The Masnawi – Volume 2: 3105