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It can be said that the separation from Shams was a step Rumi needed to climb on the way to perfection, since the true aim was not Shams, but rather the divine light manifested in him. That light first shone within the face of Shams and caught the look of the seeker of divine love. But that face had to disappear so that it would be evident that the light did not belong essentially to that face, and then the glance would turn to the True Source.