A person was crying: "O Allah!" That his mouth might be sweetened thereby, and Satan said to him, "Be quiet, O austere one! How long wilt thou babble, O man of many words? No answer comes to thee from nigh the throne. How long wilt thou cry 'Allah' with harsh face?" 

The person was sad at heart and hung his head, and then beheld Khizr present before him in a vision, who said to him, "Ah! thou hast ceased to call on Allah, wherefore repentest thou of calling upon Him?" The man said, "The answer 'Here am I' came not, wherefore I fear that I am repulsed from the door." 

Khizr replied to him, "Allah has given me this command. Go to him and say, 'O much-tried one, did not I engage thee to do My service? Did not I engage thee to call upon Me? That calling 'Allah' of thine was my 'Here am I,' and that pain and longing and ardour of thine My messenger. Thy struggles and strivings for assistance were My attractions, and originated thy prayer. Thy fear and thy love are the cover of My mercy, each 'O Lord!' of thine contains many 'Here am I's."

The soul of fools is alien from this calling on Allah because it is not their wont to cry, 'O Lord!' On their mouths and hearts are locks and bonds, that they may not cry to Allah in time of distress.

~ RUMI ~