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tongue, and / have vanished. . . . verily, I am 

 God: There is no God except me, so worship 

 me! Glory to me! How great is my Majesty." l 

 Regarded more soberly, it demanded freedom 

 from all "taint of self." 



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 " Till you die to self, you will not live in Union." 



16. 



Thy glance doth immortalize the heart. 

 The pain of thy love turneth sorrow into gladness. 

 Were the wind to carry the dust of thy street to Hell, 

 Its fires would become the water of life. 



Compare Hafidh : 



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" He will never die whose heart is quickened by 

 love." 



17. 



To sell happiness is the desire of my destiny ; 

 To wear coarse wool is my ambition's aim. 

 Here one request will give you the two worlds ; 

 But my proud spirit bids me keep silence. 



18. 



Whence hath he come this mischievous Gabr ? 

 Whence hath this image of the grave appeared ? 

 He has hidden my Sun from mine eyes. 

 Whence has appeared this patch of cloud % 



Abu Sa'id seems here to be abusing his lower 

 and sinful self. Like a cloud his passions ob- 

 jure the < ■ sun of truth ' ' and hide it from his eye. 

 The earthly part of man's nature must of course, 

 be sternly suppressed. 'Ain-ul-Qaza puts the posi- 

 tion vigorously enough :—" Uproot the founds 

 tions of your earthly life, even as a courtezan who 

 fleeth from her city." 



A 8 U °1 W V ?\j R * A ' Nicholson in an article on Sufiism in the 



J.R.A.S. 1906, Vol. II. 



