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3057-3066

  • In order that the destruction of the people of Noah and the people of Húd might display to our souls the face of (Divine) Mercy (who calls us to repentance),
  • He (God) slew them, that we might fear Him; and if indeed He had done contrariwise, alas for thee!
  • Explaining the state of those who are self-conceited and unthankful for the blessing of the existence of the prophets and saints—peace be unto them!
  • Whosoever of them (the proclaimers of Divine Mercy) has spoken of fault and sin, and of a heart like stone, and of a black soul;
  • And of holding light His commands, and of being free from care for His To-morrow; 3060
  • And of being, like women, enslaved to the fleshly soul by passion and by love of this vile world;
  • And of fleeing from the pungent sayings of sincere counsellors, and of shrinking from the countenance of the righteous;
  • (And of) estrangement from the spirit and spiritual folk, (and of) fraud and fox-like behaviour towards the (spiritual) kings;
  • (And of) thinking the fully satisfied (saints) to be (greedy) beggars, (and of) secretly regarding them with enmity (arising) from envy—
  • If he (such a saintly man as has been described) accept anything, you say he is a beggar; and if not, you say it is (from) hypocrisy and deceit and guile. 3065
  • If he mix (in society), you say he is covetous; and if not, you say he is excessively given to pride;