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at the hour of his soul's ascension, been so changed
as to fall into the nethermost fire. Our purpose in
revealing these convincing and weighty utterances
is to impress upon the seeker that he should regard
all else beside God as transient, and count all
things save Him, Who is the Object of all adoration,
as utter nothingness.
These are among the attributes of the exalted, and constitute the hall-mark of the spiritually-minded. They have already been mentioned in connection with the requirements of the wayfarers that tread the Path of Positive Knowledge. When the detached wayfarer and sincere seeker hath fulfilled these essential conditions, then and only then can he be called a true seeker. Whensoever he hath fulfilled the conditions implied in the verse: "Whoso maketh efforts for Us," (1) he shall enjoy the blessing conferred by the words: "In Our ways shall We assuredly guide him." (2)
Only when the lamp of search, of earnest striving,
of longing desire, of passionate devotion, of
fervid love, of rapture, and ecstasy, is kindled
within the seeker's heart, and the breeze of His
