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1765-1774

  • Any one whose prayer-niche is turned to the (mystical) revelation, do thou regard his going (back) to (the traditional) faith as shameful. 1765
  • Any one who has become Master of the robes to the King, it is loss for him to traffic on the King's behalf.
  • Any one who becomes the intimate friend of the Sultan, it is an injury and swindle (for him) to sit at his door.
  • When (the privilege of) kissing the (King's) hand has been bestowed on him by the King, it is a sin if he prefers to kiss the (King's) foot.
  • Although to lay the head on the (King's) foot is an act of obeisance, (yet) compared with the former act of obeisance it is a fault and backsliding.
  • The King is jealous of any one who, after having seen the face, prefers the (mere) scent. 1770
  • To speak in parables, God's jealousy is the wheat, (while) men's jealousy is the straw in the stack.
  • Know that the root of (all) jealousies is in God: those of mankind are an offshoot from God, without resemblance (being implied).
  • I will leave the explanation of this and will begin to complain of the cruelty of that fickle Beauty.
  • I wail because wailings are pleasant to Him: He wants from the two worlds wailing and grief.