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  • The Siddíq (Abú Bakr) saw him and said, ‘O Sun, thou art neither of East nor of West: shine beauteously!’
  • Ahmad said, ‘Thou hast spoken the truth, O dear friend, O thou that hast escaped from this world of nothingness.’
  • They that were present said, ‘O Prince of mankind, why didst thou call both of them truth-tellers when they contradicted each other?’
  • He replied, ‘I am a mirror polished by the (Divine) hand: Turcoman and Indian behold in me that which exists (in themselves).’ 2370
  • O wife, if thou deemest me very covetous, rise above this womanish care (for worldly things).
  • This (state of mine) resembles cupidity and (in reality) it is a (Divine) mercy: where that (spiritual) blessing is, where is cupidity?
  • Make trial of poverty for a day or two, that thou mayst see (find) in poverty double riches.
  • Have patience with poverty and abandon this disgust, because in poverty there is the majesty of the Lord of glory.
  • Do not look sour, and (thou wilt) see thousands of souls plunged, through contentment, in an ocean of honey. 2375
  • Behold hundreds of thousands of bitterly suffering souls steeped in rose-syrup, like the rose.