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1596-1620

  • Iniquitous are those persons who shut their eyes and by such (vain) words set a whole world ablaze.
  • A single word lays waste a (whole) world, turns dead foxes into lions.
  • Spirits in their original nature have the (life-giving) breath of Jesus, (but while they remain embodied) at one time they are (like) the wound, and another time (like) the plaster.
  • If the (bodily) screen were removed from the spirits, the speech of every spirit would be like (the breath of) the Messiah.
  • If you wish to utter words like sugar, refrain from concupiscence and do not eat this sweetmeat (the desires of the flesh). 1600
  • Self-control is the thing desired by the intelligent; sweetmeat is what children long for.
  • Whoever practises self-control ascends to Heaven, whoever eats sweetmeat falls farther behind.
  • Commentary on the saying of Farídu’ddín ‘Attár, -may God sanctify his spirit- “Thou art a sensualist: O heedless one, drink blood (mortify thyself) amidst the dust (of thy bodily existence), For if the spiritualist drink a poison, it will be (to him as) an antidote.”
  • It does not harm the spiritualist (saint) though he drink deadly poison for all to see,
  • Because he has attained to (spiritual) health and has been set free from (the need for) abstinence, (while) the poor seeker (of God) is (still) in the (state of) fever.
  • The Prophet said, "O seeker of the (Divine) allowance (bounty), do not contend with anyone who is sought.". 1605
  • In thee is a Nimrod: do not go into the fire. If thou wish to go in, first become Abraham!
  • When thou art neither a swimmer nor a seaman, do not cast thyself (into the sea) from a (feeling of) self-conceit.
  • He (the saint) brings red roses from the fire, from losses he brings gain to the surface.
  • If a perfect man (saint) take earth, it becomes gold; if an imperfect one has carried away gold, it becomes ashes.
  • Since that righteous man is accepted of God, his hand in (all) things is the hand of God. 1610
  • The hand of the imperfect man is the hand of Devil and demon, because he is in the trap of imposition and guile.
  • If ignorance come to him (the perfect man), it becomes knowledge, (but) the knowledge that goes into the disbelieving man becomes ignorance.
  • Whatever an ill man takes becomes illness, (but) if a perfect man takes infidelity, it becomes religion.
  • O thou who, being on foot, hast contended with a horseman, thou wilt not save thy head. Now hold thy foot (desist)!
  • How the magicians paid respect to Moses, on whom be peace, saying, “What dost thou command? Wilt thou cast down thy rod first?”
  • The magicians in the time of the accursed Pharaoh, when they contended with Moses in enmity, 1615
  • Yet gave Moses the precedence—the magicians held him in honour—
  • Because they said to him, “’Tis for thee to command: (if) thou wishest, do thou cast down thy rod first (of all).”
  • “Nay,” said he, “first do ye, O magicians, cast down those tricks (objects of enchantment) into the middle (where all can see them).”
  • This amount of respect purchased their (belief in) (the true) religion, so that it (the true belief) cut off the hands and feet of their contention (prevented them from disputing further with Moses).
  • When the magicians acknowledged his (Moses') right, they sacrificed their hands and feet (as a penance) for the sin of that (contention). 1620