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951-960

  • Conjugal intercourse was the accident; it passed away, and the substance, (which is) the child, was produced from us.
  • The mating of horse or camel is the accident; the object is the birth of the colt, (which is) the substance.
  • Similarly, the planting of the garden is the accident; the produce (of the garden) became the substance: take ( it and) behold the object!
  • Regard, also, the practice of alchemy as the accident; if a substance is produced by that alchemy, bring (it into view).
  • Burnishing is the accident, O prince; from this accident is born the substance, purity. 955
  • Do not say, then, ‘I have done deeds’; show the income (fruit) of those accidents, do not evade (my request).
  • This attribution of qualities is (only) an accident. Be silent: do not kill for sacrifice the goat's shadow!”
  • The slave said, “O King, the mind cannot but despair if you say that accidents are not carried over.
  • O King, there is nothing but despair for the servant (of God), if the accident that has gone is not coming back.
  • If there were no carrying over and resurrection of accidents, action would be vain and words (mere) babble. 960