The Meccan Revelations

Manuscript volume 29 · Page 8

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and a healthy intellect. ﴿God speaks the truth, and He guides the way﴾ [al-Aḥzāb 33:4].

Chapter Four Hundred and Twelve: On Knowing the Mutual Encounter ‘Whoever Belongs to Me Shall Never Be Abased or Disgraced’

If my deeds are ascribed to my Creator,

On the Day of Mutual Calling we shall not be abased or disgraced.

I come sound, this being my realized condition,

And when recompensed, we are given according to God's worth.

We attain one knowledge containing multiplicity:

A knowledge that bequeaths might to the knower.

Within the Garden of Firdaws is an appointed market,

Where the All-Merciful has spread out fabric from His forms.

Whoever wishes unveils the Real in whatever form

He wishes; no engendered being drives them on.

Blessed is a servant who stands for God alone,

And knows neither the named al-Lāt nor al-ʿUzzā.

God, mighty and majestic, said:

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