The Partial Intellect

Lesson 173: The Partial Intellect

The partial intellect cannot but deny love;
Even when it boasts, it understands its mysteries.
It is adroit and nimble-witted, but not annihilated.
As long as an angel is not annihilated, it is a devil.

- Jalal-ud-Din Rumi

(Translated by Andrew Harvey from A Year of Rumi)