Like Aliph

If we come to a state of ignorance, that is His prison.
 And if we come to a state of knowledge, that is His balcony.
If we come to a state of sleep, we are His drowsy-drunken ones.
 And if we come to a state of wakeful alertness, we are in His Hands.
If we come to a state of weeping, we are His cloud full of raindrops.
 And if we come to a state of laughing, we are His lightning in that moment.
If we come to a state of anger and battle, it is the reflection of His Wrath.
And if we come to a state of peace and pardon, it is the reflection of His Love.
Who are we in this tangled and chaotic world? Like Alif.
Although essentially Alif has nothing !

The Masnawi Volume III, 1510