Mathnawi al-Nuriya ( not all sections) | Second Treatise | 4
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Fourth droplet
Know that time and space have great influence on man's reasoning and thought. So, if you would like to, come and, freed from the influences of the present conditions of time and space, let us travel back through the stream of time as far as the Arabian Peninsula in the Age of Happiness. We should put on the clothes woven in that age and visit the "Axis of the Sphere of Divine Messengership" while he is at work.
Open your eyes and look carefully! What catches our eye first in that land is an extraordinary man excelling all others in beauty of appearance as well as in good conduct. He has with him a noble, miraculous book and speaks in an extraordinarily concise and wise way, giving an eternal address to the whole of creation including all of mankind and jinn and to all other creatures.
What strange things he speaks about! He speaks about a very important affair, a very awesome tiding. He removes the veil from the creation of the universe, and explains the reasons why it has been created. He also answers the three awesome questions that from the very beginning have occupied the mind of every conscious being and bewildered it: Who are you? Where do you come from? What is your purpose or final destination?
Know that time and space have great influence on man's reasoning and thought. So, if you would like to, come and, freed from the influences of the present conditions of time and space, let us travel back through the stream of time as far as the Arabian Peninsula in the Age of Happiness. We should put on the clothes woven in that age and visit the "Axis of the Sphere of Divine Messengership" while he is at work.
Open your eyes and look carefully! What catches our eye first in that land is an extraordinary man excelling all others in beauty of appearance as well as in good conduct. He has with him a noble, miraculous book and speaks in an extraordinarily concise and wise way, giving an eternal address to the whole of creation including all of mankind and jinn and to all other creatures.
What strange things he speaks about! He speaks about a very important affair, a very awesome tiding. He removes the veil from the creation of the universe, and explains the reasons why it has been created. He also answers the three awesome questions that from the very beginning have occupied the mind of every conscious being and bewildered it: Who are you? Where do you come from? What is your purpose or final destination?
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