There is no doubt that this world is midwinter. Why are inanimate objects called "solid"? Because they are all "frozen."* These rocks, mountains, and other coverings that garb this world are all "frozen." If the world is not midwinter, why is it frozen? The concept of the world is simple and cannot be seen, but through the effect one can know that there are such things as wind and cold. This world is like the season of midwinter when everything is frozen and solidified. What sort of midwinter? A mental midwinter, not a tangible one. When that "divine" breeze comes, the mountains of this world will begin to melt and turn to water. Just as the heat of midsummer causes all frozen things to melt, so on the Day of Resurrection, when that breeze comes, all things will melt.
*This line of reasoning is based on an etymological similarity between jamad (solid, inanimate) and munjamid (frozen).
SOURCE: Signs of the Unseen, Discourses of Rumi, Discourse Twelve
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