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1006-1015

  • (He says), “O Death, O Turcoman who plunderest the village, give back whatsoever thou hast taken from these thankful ones.”
  • He (Death) gives it back; (but) they will not receive it, for they have been endowed with the goods of spiritual life.
  • (They say), “We are Súfís and have cast off our (bodily) mantles: we will not take (them) back after we have gambled (them) away.
  • We have seen the recompense (from God)—(and) how (can there be) a (worldly) recompense then (after that)? Want and desire and object are gone from us.
  • We have emerged from a briny and destroying water, we have attained to the pure wine (of Paradise) and the fountain of Kawthar. 1010
  • O World, that which thou hast shown unto others—faithlessness and deceit and grievous pride—
  • We pour (it all) on thy head in repayment, for we are martyrs come to war (against thee).”
  • (This is) in order that you may know that the Holy God hath servants impetuous and combative,
  • (Who) tear out the moustache of worldly hypocrisy and pitch their tents on the rampart of (Divine) aid.
  • These martyrs have become warriors anew, and these captives have gained the victory once more; 1015