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CONCISE COMPARISON BETWEEN THE WORLDS OF BELIEVERS AND
UNBELIEVERS?
The
table depicting the true spirit of the world of the
heedless.
Do
not invite me to the world, I came, and found it evil
and mortal.
Heedlessness
was a veil; I saw the light of Truth concealed.
All
things, the whole of creation, I saw were mortal and
full of harm.
Existence,
indeed I put it on. Alas! It was non-existence; I
suffered much.
As
to life, I experienced it; I saw it was torment within
torment.
Intellect
became pure retribution; I saw permanence to be
tribulation.
Life
was like a wind, it passed in whims; I saw perfection
to be pure loss.
Deeds
were only for show; I saw ambitions to be pure pain.
Union
was in fact separation; I saw the cure to be the
ailment.
These
lights became darkness; I saw these friends to be
orphans.
These
voices were announcements of death; I saw the living
to be dead.
Knowledge
changed into whims; I saw in science thousands of
ailments.
Pleasures
became unmixed pain; I saw existence to be compounded
non-existence.
I
have found the True Beloved; Ah! I suffered much pain
because of separation.
The
table describing the true spirit of the world of the
people of believers
Heedlessness
has disappeared; I have seen the light of Truth to be
manifest.
Existence
is a proof of Divine Being. See, life is the mirror
reflecting Truth.
Intellect
has become the key to treasuries. See, mortality is
the door to eternity.
The
spark of self-attainment has died. But see, there is
the Sun of Grace and Beauty.
Life
has become pure action. See, eternity is pure life.
Darkness
is a thin membrane enclosing light. See, there is true
life in death.
All
things have become familiar. See, all sounds are the
recitation of Divine Names.
All
the particles in creation: See, each recites God’s
Names and glorifies Him.
I
have found poverty to be a treasury of wealth. See in
impotence lies perfect power.
If
you have found God, see, all things are yours.
If
you are a slave of the Owner of All Things, see His
property is yours.
If
you are egotist and claim self-ownership, it is
endless trial and tribulation.
It
is infinite torment you are to experience; it is an
unbearable calamity.
If
you are truly a slave of God, devoted to Him, see, it
is an infinite delight.
Taste
its uncountable rewards, experience its boundless
bliss...
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