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  • That he may give another spirit to the Princedom; that he may give fruit to the palm tree of the Caliphate.
  • Explaining that the motive of the Prophet, on whom be peace, in seeking to conquer Mecca and other (places) than Mecca was not love of worldly dominion, inasmuch as he has said “This world is a carcase,” but that on the contrary it was by the command (of God).
  • Likewise the Prophet's struggle to conquer Mecca—how can he be suspected of (being inspired by) love of this world?
  • He who on the day of trial shut his eyes and heart to the treasury of the Seven Heavens,
  • (When) the horizons of all the Seven Heavens were full of houris and genies (who had come) to gaze upon him, 3950
  • Having arrayed themselves for his sake—how indeed should he care for anything except the Beloved?
  • He had become so filled with magnification of God, that even those nearest to God would find no way (of intruding) there.
  • “In Us (in Our unity) is no room for a prophet sent as an apostle, nor yet for the Angels or the Spirit. Do ye, therefore, understand!”
  • He (also) said, “We are má zágh (that is, Our eye did not rove), we are not (looking for carrion) like crows (zágh); We are intoxicated with (enraptured by) the Dyer, we are not intoxicated with the garden (of flowers with their many dyes).”
  • Inasmuch as to the eye of the Prophet the treasuries of the celestial spheres and intelligences seemed (worthless) as a straw, 3955
  • What, then, would Mecca and Syria and ‘Iráq be (worth to him), that he should show fight and longing (to gain possession of them)?