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1363-1372

  • In begging, he seeks a munificence that is not in being; in the shops he seeks a profit that is not in being.
  • In the cornfields he seeks an income (crop) that is not in being; in the plantations he seeks a date-palm that is not in being.
  • In the colleges he seeks a knowledge that is not in being; in the Christian monasteries he seeks a morality that is not in being. 1365
  • They (the intelligent) have thrown the (actually) existent things behind them and are seekers of, and devoted to, the (relatively) non-existent things,
  • Because the mine and treasury of God's doing is not other than non-existence in (process of) being brought into manifestation.
  • We have previously given some indication of this (matter): regard this (present discourse) and that (former discourse) as one, not as two.
  • It was stated (formerly) that every craftsman who appeared (in the world) sought the abode of (relative) non-existence in (exercising) his craft.
  • The builder sought an unrepaired place that had become ruined and (where) the roofs (were) fallen in. 1370
  • The water-carrier sought a pot with no water in it, and the carpenter a house with no door.
  • At the moment of pursuing (their object) they rushed into (relative) nonexistence; then (afterwards) they all are fleeing from non-existence.