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Third Article
It states that seclusion draws the person closer to God spiritually and leads them to complete tranquility and abiding communion.
O esteemed one! Know that the friends of God have said: He who withdraws from people draws near to Truth. He who becomes estranged from people finds intimacy with his Lord.
Knowledge of the realm of the divine is dependent on separation from people. Separation from people is the most excellent trait. To despair of people is better than supplicating them. Ease lies in abstinence, and safety resides in solitude. The fruit of solitude is communion with God. He who becomes estranged from people becomes a frequent visitor to the exalted court. One who knows the world turns away from it. One who understands people remains solitary. He who keeps aloof from people finds bliss in God’s presence. He who does not sever ties with people cannot reach his Lord. Blessed be he who withdraws from people and occupies his heart (with) God. Involvement with people is a calamity. Excessive knowledge is distress. Avoid the foolish one. For his smiling face like that of a friend is weariness and boredom. What he deems proper is, in fact, wrong. To contradict him is utter disgrace. Beware of the friendship of the fool. For no good comes from him. He may intend to benefit you but harms instead, unbeknownst to you. The faults of one who seeks closeness with his opposite are revealed; his heart becomes sorrowful and distressed. Converse with a simpleton brings pain and torment. The smiling face of a fool is a great affliction. Do not befriend or associate with the senseless.
Communicate with those who are discerning, pious, intelligent, and learned [222/a]. It is not right to obey people in a place where there is rebellion against the Creator. When one spends too much time with women, affection does not remain in the heart. Woman is like a serpent, but her bite does no harm. Although the female gender is inherently flawed, what is worse is our dependence on them. Women are prone to deceit. Therefore, caution is necessary. He who avoids looking at foreign women and safeguards his gaze finds the taste of faith in his heart.
Verses (Nazm)
1-If you desire union with your beloved, O heart! Immediately abandon all else and incline towards love.
2-Love is what will elevate you on wings to the Throne; do not burn it with passion into ashes.
3-You are upon the summit of the heights of honor, why did you make the center of the earth your abode?
4-Through your association with the body and its pleasures, you have become so heedless of that spirit.
5-The perfections of illusion and the states of sensation, all have become obstacles to your union.
6-Open your eyes to gaze upon the rosy cheeks of your beloved; behold, this is like the sun and moon.
7-That is a skin filled with blood and pus. Did you consider it life that you gave it your heart?
8-The search and quest for pleasure in your life is bitter; though her features are sweetly alluring.
9-Did you not know that as soon as you see it, that subtle spirit separates and that body becomes useless.
10-If you turn away from that fierce countenance, then your desire will be realized within yourself.
11-You will find eternal love within yourself; for her beauty encompasses all loveliness.
12-You know that Adam has become the mirror of love, standing opposite the beauty of the beautiful ones.
13-From every mirror you see His grace and wrath; you recognize that in the world He is the just king.
14-Immediately you will witness His judgments and wisdoms; and from Him you will attain all blessings.
15-In truth, the verses of God are wisdom; so excellent is your word, or your censure.