In Book 3 of Jalaluddin Rumi's Masnavi, the poet contrasts the anxieties of worldly commerce with the profound rewards of the prophets' spiritual trade. Rumi observes that ordinary tradesmen are driven by a volatile mixture of hope for profit and the primal fear of deprivation, rushing to their shops daily based on the uncertainty of "perhaps." He then challenges the spiritually hesitant, asking why they allow the fear of loss to paralyze them in matters of religion and divine trust. To illustrate the ultimate value of spiritual exertion, Rumi points to the prophets and saints, questioning what "mine" they discovered in their divine marketplace. Through their absolute devotion and spiritual commerce, they achieved mastery over the physical world itself. Rumi elegantly alludes to their prophetic miracles—fire becoming a tame anklet for Abraham, the sea acting as a porter for Moses, iron softening like wax for David, and the wind serving as a subject for Solomon. This metaphor demonstrates that fearless spiritual trade transcends material limits and subdues the very elements of nature.