Men never address praises but to One deemed worthy,
They err only through mistaken opinions of Him.
 Rumi, Masnavi (1273). copy citation

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Author Rumi
Source Masnavi
Topic praise opinion
Date 1273
Language English
Reference Masnavi, Book III
Note Translated by Edward Henry Whinfield
Weblink https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Masnavi_I_Ma'navi/Book_III

Context

“Because He that is praised is, in fact, only One, In this respect all religions are only one religion. Because all praises are directed towards God's light, Their various forms and figures are borrowed from it. Men never address praises but to One deemed worthy, They err only through mistaken opinions of Him. So, when a light falls upon a wall, That wall is a connecting-link between all its beams; Yet when it casts that reflection back to its source, It wrongly shows great as small, and halts in its praises.” source