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1464-1473

  • This is union with God, and it is not compulsion: this is the shining forth of the moon, this is not a cloud.
  • And if this be compulsion, it is not the compulsion of (suffered by) the vulgar: it is not the compulsion of (exerted by) the evil-commanding self-willed (soul). 1465
  • O son, (only) they know (the real meaning of) compulsion in whose hearts God has opened the sight (of the spiritual eye).
  • To them the unseen and the future became manifest; to them recollection of the past became naught.
  • Their freewill and compulsion is different (from that of ordinary men): in oyster-shells drops (of rain) are pearls.
  • Outside (of the shell) it is a drop of water, small or great, (but) within the shell it is a small or big pearl.
  • Those persons have the nature of the muskdeer's gland: externally they are (as) blood, while within them is the fragrance of musk. 1470
  • Do not say, “This substance externally is blood: how should it become a musky perfume when it goes into the gland?”
  • Do not say, “This copper externally was despicable: how should it assume nobility in the heart (midst) of the elixir?”
  • In thee (the matter of) freewill and compulsion was a (mere) fancy, (but) when it went into them it became the light of (Divine) Majesty.