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  • Whoever has the rose-garden to feast and dwell in, how should he drink wine in the bath-stove?
  • The abode of the pure spirit is ‘Illiyyín; ’tis the worm that has its home in dung.
  • The cup that purifies is for those intoxicated with God; this briny water is for these blind birds. 3595
  • In the eyes of any one to whom the justice of ‘Umar has not displayed its power, the murderous Hajjáj is just.
  • A dead (lifeless) doll is given to (young) girls, for they are ignorant of the play (dalliance) of living (men).
  • A wooden sword is better suited to children (young boys), since they have not the strength and power (that comes) from manhood.
  • Infidels are content with the figures of the prophets which are painted (and kept) in churches;
  • (But) as we have (enjoy) a bright period (of inward illumination) from those moons, we have no care for a shadow-figure. 3600
  • The one figure of him (the prophet) is seated in the (sublunary) world, while his other figure is in heaven, like the moon.
  • This mouth of him is speaking on subtle points (of religion) to those sitting beside him, while the other (mouth) is (engaged) in discourse with God and intimate (with Him).