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and attain reunion with his heart's desire. In the
soil of whose heart will these holy seeds germinate?
From the garden of whose soul will the blossoms
of the invisible realities spring forth? Verily, I
say, so fierce is the blaze of the Bush of love, burning
in the Sinai of the heart, that the streaming
waters of holy utterance can never quench its flame.
Oceans can never allay this Leviathan's burning
thirst, and this Phoenix of the undying fire can
abide nowhere save in the glow of the countenance
of the Well-Beloved. Therefore, O brother! kindle
with the oil of wisdom the lamp of the spirit within
the innermost chamber of thy heart, and guard
it with the globe of understanding, that the breath
of the infidel may extinguish not its flame nor dim
its brightness. Thus have We illuminated the
heavens of utterance with the splendours of the Sun
of divine wisdom and understanding, that thy
heart may find peace, that thou mayest be of those
who, on the wings of certitude, have soared unto
the heaven of the love of their Lord, the All-Merciful.
And now, concerning His words: "And then
shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven."
By these words it is meant that when the sun of
