As long as my soul is in my body, I am the slave of the Qur'an; I am the dust of the door of Muhammad the Chosen. Whoever conveys from my words anything other than this, I disown him, and I disown those words.
من بندهٔ قرآنم اگر جان دارم
من خاک در محمد مختارم
گر نقل کند جز این کس از گفتارم
بیزارم از او وز این سخن بیزارمMen bende-i Kur'ânem eger cân dârem
men hâk-i der-i Muhammed-i Muhtârem
ger nakl koned cüz în kes ez güftârem
bîzârem ez û v'ez în sühan bîzârem
Rumi, Dîvân-ı Kebîr, rubâiyyât (quatrain 1330 in Ganjoor's numbering).
Rumi sets a seal upon his own words.
As long as my soul is in my body,
I am the servant of the Qur'an,
the dust of Muhammad's door.
Then he warns:
if anyone conveys from me anything else,
I am far from him and from those words.
An answer given in advance
to those who put words in his name.