;S76 ON THE ROSHENIAH S^ECT 



Hirche poh ha shuh pa zeker, 



O masligul ba shoh pa feker^ 



KehirKodinisireivo, ,,.,;,; 



Ehadet haye nur naker,\ 



Whosoever comprehended his formularies, 



Or wickedly paid attention to them. 



However religious he might be^ '■ 



Performed again no other worship. 



« Thou fool," said he, " now that thou hast attained God, why shouW^t 

 thou perform any farther worship or religious duty? Thou hast performed 

 obedience to the law, in order to acquire a knowledge of the excellence 

 of God, and to become acquainted with his goodness; but now, -my 

 friend, since thou hast attained this knowledge, leave off the performance 

 of. a duty, which has been compleated. That knowledge which thou hast 

 received^ is the knowledge of the spirit of God. The spirit of God is na- 

 ture ; .and visible forms, or bodies,, are his qualities." " Thus/' says Akhu'n" 

 Derwe'zeh, ** he asserted tjiat thie breath of life is God himself, and let 

 the faithful be assured that such a doctrin,e is only credited by infidels^ 

 unbelievers, and Togis ;* for God .^himself , is not to be comprehended, by 

 the understanding of either.mortal;man or. jJ/«. (genie) Besides it is ex- 

 pressly stated in the fundamental books of religion, that whoever asserts 

 the Sheridt and hakikat, the exoteric and esoteric doctrines of the law, to be 

 at. variance, is an infidel. ,^uch an assertion is, in itself, impious ; for it ig 



•^ She Yogu are a Mindu^ect who practise religious austerities^ 



