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5
1056-1065

  • Seek help in (acquiring) crafts, O possessor of intelligence, from a generous and righteous craftsman.
  • Seek the pearl in the oyster-shell, my brother, and seek technical skill from the craftsmen.
  • If ye see sincere (spiritual) advisers, deal fairly (with them) and be eager to learn: do not show disdain.
  • If the man (engaged) in tanning wore a threadbare garment, that did not diminish the master's mastery (of his trade);
  • If the ironsmith wore a patched frock when blowing the bellows, his reputation was not impaired in the eyes of the people. 1060
  • Therefore strip the raiment of pride from thy body: in learning, put on the garment of humility.
  • If thou wouldst learn (theoretical) knowledge, the way of (acquiring) it is oral; if thou wouldst learn a craft, the way of (acquiring) it is practical (by practice).
  • If thou desire (spiritual) poverty, that depends on companionship (with a Shaykh): neither thy tongue nor thy hand avails.
  • Soul receives from soul the knowledge thereof, not by way of book nor from tongue.
  • If those mysteries (of spiritual poverty) are in the traveller's heart, knowledge of the mystery is not yet possessed by the traveller. 1065