Commentary on the Tradition, “Verily, I
ask pardon of God seventy times every day.”
3300. Like the Prophet, I
repent seventy times daily of speaking and giving out (mysteries);
But that intoxication becomes a breaker of (vows of) penitence: this
intoxication of the body causes oblivion and tears
the robe (of penitence).
The (Divine) purpose
of making manifest the
(things of)
long ago (the
eternal things) cast an intoxication upon the knower of the mystery,
(So that) with such drum and banner (conspicuousness) the hidden mystery has become water
gushing from (the fountain of) “the Pen is dry.”
The infinite
Mercy is flowing continually: ye are asleep to the perception thereof, O men!
3305. The sleeper's
garment drinks water from the river, (while) the sleeper
is seeking the
mirage in his dream.
He keeps running (to and fro),
saying, “Yonder there
is hope of water”: by this (false) thought he
has barred the
way against himself.
Because he
said “yonder”
he became far
from here (from
the
place where the water is): (through
resting) in a vain
imagination
he was
banished from a reality.
They (the
worldly) are
far-seeing (for their selfish
ends) and very fast asleep spiritually: take some mercy
upon them, O travellers on the
Way!
I never saw thirst (eager
desire) induce
sleep: (only) the thirst of the unintelligent induces sleep.
3310. The (true) intelligence, indeed, is
that which was fed by God, not the intelligence that was
bestowed by
(the planet) Mercury.
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