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  • Abú Jahl saw Ahmad (Mohammed) and said, ‘’Tis an ugly figure that has sprung from the sons of Háshim!’ 2365
  • Ahmad said to him, ‘Thou art right, thou hast spoken truth, although thou art impertinent.’
  • The Siddíq (Abú Bakr) saw him and said, ‘O Sun, thou art neither of East nor of West: shine beauteously!’
  • Ahmad said, ‘Thou hast spoken the truth, O dear friend, O thou that hast escaped from this world of nothingness.’
  • They that were present said, ‘O Prince of mankind, why didst thou call both of them truth-tellers when they contradicted each other?’
  • He replied, ‘I am a mirror polished by the (Divine) hand: Turcoman and Indian behold in me that which exists (in themselves).’ 2370
  • O wife, if thou deemest me very covetous, rise above this womanish care (for worldly things).
  • This (state of mine) resembles cupidity and (in reality) it is a (Divine) mercy: where that (spiritual) blessing is, where is cupidity?
  • Make trial of poverty for a day or two, that thou mayst see (find) in poverty double riches.
  • Have patience with poverty and abandon this disgust, because in poverty there is the majesty of the Lord of glory.
  • Do not look sour, and (thou wilt) see thousands of souls plunged, through contentment, in an ocean of honey. 2375
  • Behold hundreds of thousands of bitterly suffering souls steeped in rose-syrup, like the rose.
  • Oh, alas, would that thou hadst comprehension, so that the unfolded tale of my heart might be shown forth to thee from my soul.
  • This discourse is milk in the teat of the soul: it will not flow well without some one to suck (the teat).
  • When the hearer has become thirsty and craving, the preacher, (even) if he be (as good as) dead, becomes eloquent.
  • When the hearer is fresh and without fatigue (not bored), the dumb and mute will find a hundred tongues to speak withal. 2380
  • When a stranger comes in at my door, the women of the harem hide themselves in the veil,
  • But if a harmless relative should come in, those covered ones will lift up their face-veils.
  • Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made (so) for the eye of him that sees.
  • How should the sound of the harp and treble and bass be (made) for the insentient ear of one who is deaf?
  • Not in vain did God make musk fragrant: He made it (so) for the sense (of smell), He did not make it for one whose nostrils are stopped (by disease). 2385
  • God hath fashioned the earth and the sky, He hath raised in the midst much fire and light.
  • (He made) this earth for those (created) of clay, (He made) heaven to be the abode of the celestials.
  • The low (base) man is the enemy of what is high: the purchaser (seeker) of each place (Heaven or Hell) is manifest (made known by his actions).
  • O chaste woman, hast thou ever risen up and decked thyself for the sake of him that is blind?