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  • Iblís was far removed from wine-drinking: he was drunken with pride and unbelief.
  • The drunken man is he who sees that which is not: (to him) what is (really) a piece of copper or iron appears to be gold. 3615
  • This discourse hath no end. (God said), “O Moses, move thy lips, that the herbage may spring forth.”
  • He (Moses) did so, and immediately the earth became green with hyacinths and costly grains.
  • That folk fell to (eating) the food, since they had suffered famine and were (almost) dead from ravenous hunger.
  • For several days they ate their fill of the gift, (both) those who were inspired by that breath (of Moses) and the (other) human beings and the quadrupeds.
  • When their bellies were filled and they grasped the (Divine) bounty and the necessity was gone, then they waxed insolent (in disobedience). 3620
  • The carnal soul is a follower of Pharaoh: beware, do not satisfy it, lest it remember its ancient infidelity.
  • Without the glowing heat of the fire (of mortification) the carnal soul will never become goodly: hark, do not beat the iron till it has become like live coals.
  • Without hunger the body makes no movement (towards God): ‘tis cold iron thou art beating. Know (this for sure)!