Rumi: The thread and the needle are related to one another; but a camel is not fitted to pass through the eye of a needle ; ho

The thread and the needle are related to one another; but a camel is not fitted — Rumi

The thread and the needle are related to one another; but a camel is not fitted to pass through the eye of a needle ; how should the body of a camel become slender except by abstinence and exertion?

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