One night a man was crying,
Allah! Allah
His lips grew sweet with the praising,
until a cynic said,
"So I have heard you calling out, but have you ever gotten any response?"
The man had no answer to that.
He quit praying and fell into a confused sleep.
He dreamed he saw Khidr, the guide of souls, in a thick green foliage.
"Why did you stop praising?"
"Because I've never heard anything back."
"This longing you express is the return message."
