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Az-Zahir
The
Manifest One
It
is He who bestows from on high clear messages unto this His
servant, to lead you out of the deep darkness into the light:
for, behold, God is most compassionate towards you, a dispenser
of grace.
Al-Hadid
57:7, tr. Asad
When
a dispute arises as to the ownership of the husk, the husk
belongs to the one
who possesses the kernel. The heavenly sphere is the husk; the
light of the spirit is the core. This sky is visible; spirit is
not;
but don't stumble because of this.
The body is manifest; Life's spirit is hidden:
the body is like a sleeve; the spirit is the hand.
Rumi, Mathnawi II;3251-3252, tr. Asad |
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