The Holy Koran of

The Moorish Science Temple of America

DIVINELY PREPARED BY THE NBLE PRPHET
DRE! ALI
By "he #$i%in# of his fa"her &o%' Allah( "he #rea" &o% of "he $ni)erse* To re%eem man from his
sinf$l an% fallen s"a#e of h$mani"y +ac, "o "he hi#hes" plane of life -i"h his fa"her &o%' Allah*
Ta+le of .on"en"s
NBLE DRE! ALI
THE PRPHET AND /0NDER / THE MRISH S.IEN.E TEMPLE / AMERI.A' T REDEEM THE
PEPLE /RM THEIR SIN/0L !AYS*
Prolo#$e
.hap"er I
The .rea"ion an% /all of Man
.hap"er II
E%$ca"ion of Mary an% Eli1a+e"h in 2oan' E#yp"
.hap"er III
Elih$3s Lessons44The 0ni"y of Life
.hap"er IV
Dea"h an% B$rial of Eli1a+e"h44Ma"heno3s lessons44The minis"ry of Dea"h
.hap"er V
Af"er "he /eas"44The Home-ar% 5o$rney44The Missin# 5es$s44The Search /or Him44His Paren"s /in% Him in "he Temple44He &oes !i"h
Them "o Na1are"h44Sym+olic Meanin# of .arpen"er3s Tools
.hap"er VI
Life an% !or,s of 5es$s in In%ia
Amon# "he Moslems
.hap"er VII
The /rien%ship of 5es$s an% Lamass445es$s E6plains "he Meanin# of Tr$"h
.hap"er VIII
5es$s Re)eals "o "he People of Their Sinf$l !ays
.hap"er I7
5es$s A""en%s a /eas" in Behar an% Here He Ta$#h" H$man E8$ali"y
.hap"er 7
5es$s Spa,e on "he 0ni"y f Allah an% Man "o "he Hin%$s
.hap"er 7I
5es$s an% Bara"a44To#e"her They Rea% "he Sacre% Boo,s
.hap"er 7II
5es$s Teaches "he .ommon People a" a Sprin#44Tells Ho- "o +"ain E"ernal Happiness
.hap"er 7III
Life an% !or,s f 5es$s in E#yp" Amon# "he &en"iles
.hap"er 7IV
The Minis"ry of 5ohn "he Har+in#er
5ohn' "he Har+in#er' Re"$rns "o He+ron' Li)es as a Hermi" in "he !il%s' Visi"s 5er$salem an% Spea,s "o "he People
.hap"er 7V
Di)ine Minis"ry of 5es$s445es$s &oes "o "he !il%erness for Self E6amina"ion' !here He Remains for /or"y Days* Is S$+9ec"e% "o Three
Temp"a"ions44He )ercomes* Re"$rns "o "he .amps of 5ohn an% Be#ins Teachin#
.hap"er 7VI
Pila"e3s /inal Effor" "o Release 5es$s /ails44He !ashes His Han%s in /ei#ne% Innocence44Deli)ers 5es$s "o "he 5e-s for E6ec$"ion44The 5e-ish
Sol%iers Dri)e Him "o .al)ary
.hap"er 7VII
5es$s Appears' /$lly Ma"eriali1e%' Before Apollo an% "he Silen" Bro"herhoo% in &reece44Appears "o .la$%ia an% 5$lie" on "he Ti+er Near
Rome44Appears "o "he E#yp"ian Temple a" Heliopolis
.hap"er 7VIII
The Res$rec"ion of 5es$s44Pila"e Places "he Seal 0pon "he S"one Door of "he Tom+44A" Mi%ni#h" a .ompany of Silen" Bro"hers March A+o$"
"he Tom+44The Sol%iers Are Alarme%445es$s Preaches "o "he Spiri"s in Prison44Early S$n%ay Mornin# He Rises /rom "he Tom+44The Sol%iers
Are Bri+e% By "he Pries"s "o Say Tha" "he Disciples Ha% S"olen "he Bo%y
.hap"er 7I7
5es$s Appears' /$lly Ma"erialise%' "o "he Eas"ern Sa#es In "he Palace of Prince Ra)anna in In%ia44To "he Ma#ian Pries"s In Persia44The Three
!ise Men Spea, In Praise of "he Personali"y of "he Na1arene
Epilo#$e for .hap"ers II47I7
.hap"er 77
HLY INSTR0.TINS AND !ARNIN&S /R ALL Y0N& MEN
.hap"er 77I
MARRIA&E INSTR0.TINS /R MAN AND !I/E /RM THE NBLE PRPHET
.hap"er 77II
D0TY / A H0SBAND
.hap"er 77III
HLY INSTR0.TINS /R THY .HILDREN
.hap"er 77IV
THE BEDIEN.E / .HILDREN T!ARDS THEIR /ATHER
.hap"er 77V
A HLY .VENANT / THE ASIATI. NATIN
.hap"er 77VI
HLY INSTR0.TINS / 0NITY
.hap"er 77VII
THE HLY 0NITY / THE RI.H AND PR
.hap"er 77VIII
HLY INSTR0.TINS /RM THE PRPHET
MASTER AND SERVANT
.hap"er 77I7
MA&ISTRATE AND S0B5E.T
.hap"er 777
HLY INSTR0.TINS /RM THE PRPHET
THE S.IAL D0TIES
.hap"er 777I
HLY INSTR0.TINS /RM THE PRPHET
50STI.E
.hap"er 777II
HLY INSTR0.TINS /RM THE PRPHET
.HARITY
.hap"er 777III
HLY INSTR0.TINS /RM THE PRPHET
&RATIT0DE
.hap"er 777IV
HLY INSTR0.TINS /RM THE PRPHET
SIN.ERITY
.hap"er 777V
HLY INSTR0.TINS /RM THE PRPHET
RELI&IN
.hap"er 777VI
HLY INSTR0.TINS /RM THE PRPHET
KN! THYSEL/
.hap"er 777VII
HLY INSTR0.TINS /RM THE PRPHET
THE BREATH / HEAVEN
.hap"er 777VIII
HLY INSTR0.TINS /RM THE PRPHET
THE S0L / MAN
.hap"er 777I7
HLY INSTR0.TINS /RM THE PRPHET
PINNA.LE / !ISDM
.hap"er 7L
HLY INSTR0.TINS /RM THE PRPHET
THE INSTABILITY / MAN
.hap"er 7LI
HLY INSTR0.TINS /RM THE PRPHET
IN.NSTAN.Y
.hap"er 7LII
HLY INSTR0.TINS /RM THE PRPHET
!EAKNESS
.hap"er 7LIII
HLY INSTR0.TINS /RM THE PRPHET
THE INS0//I.IEN.Y / KN!LED&E
.hap"er 7LIV
HLY INSTR0.TINS /RM THE PRPHET
MISERY
.hap"er 7LV
THE DIVINE RI&IN / THE ASIATI. NATINS
.hap"er 7LVI
THE BE&INNIN& / .HRISTIANITY
.hap"er 7LVII
E&YPT' THE .APITAL EMPIRE / THE DMININ / A/RI.A
.hap"er 7LVIII
THE END / TIME AND THE /0L/ILLIN& / THE PRPHESIES
Kno- Thyself
An% Thy /a"her &o%
Allah
The #enealo#y of 5es$s -i"h ei#h"een years of "he e)en"s' life -or,s an% "eachin#s in In%ia' E$rope an% Africa* These e)en"s occ$rre% +efore
He -as "hir"y years of a#e* These secre" lessons are for all of "hose -ho lo)e 5es$s an% %esire "o ,no- a+o$" his life -or,s an% "eachin#s*
Dear rea%ers' %o no" falsely $se "hese lessons* They are for #oo%' peace an% happiness for all "hose "ha" lo)e 5es$s*
Dear mo"hers' "each "hese lessons "o yo$r li""le ones' "ha" "hey may learn "o lo)e ins"ea% of ha"e*
Dear fa"hers' +y "hese lessons yo$ can se" yo$r ho$se in or%er an% yo$r chil%ren -ill learn "o lo)e ins"ea% of ha"e*
The lessons of "his pamphle" are no" for sale' +$" for "he sa,e of h$mani"y' as I am a prophe" an% "he ser)an" is -or"hy of his hire' yo$ can
recie)e "his pamphle" a" e6pense* The reason "hese lessons ha)e no" +een ,no-n is +eca$se "he Moslems of In%ia' E#yp" an% Pales"ine ha%
"hese secre"s an% ,ep" "hem +ac, from "he o$"si%e -orl%' an% -hen "he "ime appoin"e% +y Allah "hey loosene% "he ,eys an% free% "he
secre"s' an% for "he firs" "ime in a#es ha)e "hese secre"s +een %eli)ere% in "he han%s of "he Moslems of America* All a$"hori"y an% ri#h"s of
p$+lishin# of "his pamphle" of :;<=*
By "he Prophe"
NBLE DRE! ALI
The in%$s"rio$s ac"s of "he Moslems of "he nor"h-es" an% so$"h-es" Africa* These are "he Moa+i"es' Hama"hi"es' .anaani"es' -ho -ere
%ri)en o$" of "he lan% of .anaan' +y 5osh$a' an% recie)e% permission from "he Pharoahs of E#yp" "o se""le in "ha" por"ion of E#yp"* In la"er
years "hey forme% "hemsel)es ,in#%oms* These ,in#%oms are calle% "his %ay Morocco' Al#iers' T$nis' Tripoli' e"c*
.hap"er I
The .rea"ion An% /all f Man
>Time ne)er -as -hen man -as no"*> If life of man a" any "ime +e#an' a "ime -o$l% come -hen i" -o$l% en%* >The "ho$#h"s of Allah canno"
+e circ$mscri+e%* No fini"e min% can comprehen% "hin#s infini"e* All fini"e "hin#s are s$+9ec" $n"o chan#e* All fini"e "hin#s -ill cease "o +e
+eca$se "here -as a "ime -hen "hey -ere no"*> The +o%ies an% "he so$ls of men are fini"e "hin#s' an% "hey -ill chan#e' yea' from "he fini"e
poin" of )ie- "he "ime -ill come -hen "hey -ill +e no more* >B$" man himself is no" "he +o%y' nor "he so$l( he is a spiri" an% a par" of Allah*>
.rea"i)e /a"e #a)e "o man' "o spiri"4man' a so$l "ha" he mi#h" f$nc"ion on "he plane of so$l( #a)e him a +o%y of "he flesh' "ha" he mi#h"
f$nc"ion on "he plane of "hin#s ma%e manifes"* !hy %i% crea"i)e /a"e #i)e "o spiri"4man a so$l "ha" he mi#h" f$nc"ion on "he plane of so$l?
!hy %i% crea"i)e /a"e #i)e "o so$l a +o%y of "he flesh "ha" he mi#h" f$nc"ion on "he plane of "hin#s "ha" are ma%e manifes"?
@>Hear' no-' ye -orl%s' %ominions' po-ers an% "hronesAB
Hear' mo-' ye cher$+im' ye seraphim' ye an#els an% ye menA
>Hear' no-' oh pro"oplas"' an% ear"h' an% plan" an% +eas"A
>Hear' no-' ye creepin# "hin#s of ear"h' ye fish "ha" s-im' ye +ir%s "ha" flyA
>Hear' no-' ye -in%s "ha" +lo-' ye "h$n%ers an% ye li#h"nin#s of "he s,yA
>Hear' no-' ye spiri"s of "he fire' of -a"er' ear"h' an% airA
>Hear' no-' oh e)ery"hin# "ha" is' or -as' or e)ermore -ill +e' for !is%om spea,s from o$" of "he hi#hes" plane of spiri" lifeC
>Man is a "ho$#h" of Allah( all "ho$#h"s of Allah are infini"e( "hey are no" meas$re% $p +y "ime' for "hin#s "ha" are concerne% -i"h "ime' +e#in
an% en%*
>The "ho$#h"s of Allah are "he e)erlas"in# of "he pas" $n"o "he ne)er en%in# %ays "o come* An% so is man' "he spiri"4man*
>B$" man li,e e)ery o"her "ho$#h" of Allah' -as +$" a see%' a see% "ha" hel% -i"hin i"self "he po"encies of Allah' 9$s" as "he see% of any plan"
of ear"h hol%s %eep -i"hin i"self "he a""ri+$"es of e)ery par" of "ha" especial plan"*
>So spiri"4man' as see% of Allah hel% %eep -i"hin himself "he a""ri+$"es of e)ery par" of &o%*
>No-' see% are perfec"' yea' as perfec" as "he so$rce from -hich "hey come( +$" "hey are no" $nfol%e% in"o life ma%e manifes"* The chil% is as
perfec" as "he mo"her is* So man' "he see%' m$s" +e %eep plan"e% in a soil "ha" he mi#h" #ro-' $nfol%' as %oes "he +$% $nfol% "o sho- "he
flo-er* The h$man see% "ha" came for"h from "he hear" of Allah -as f$ll or%aine% "o +e "he Lor% of plane of so$l' an% of "he plane of "hin#s
ma%e manifes"* So Allah' "he h$s+an%man of e)ery "hin# "ha" is' "hre- for"h "his h$man see% in"o "he soil of so$l( i" #re- apace' an% man
+ecame a li)in# so$l( an% he +ecame "he Lor% of all "he ,in#%om of "he so$l* Har,' no-' le" e)ery crea"$re hear' "he plane of so$l is +$" "he
e"her of "he spiri" plane )i+ra"in# no" so fas"' an% in "he slo-er rhy"hm of "his plane "he essences of life are manifes"( "he perf$mes an% "he
o%ors' "he "r$e sensa"ions an% "he all of lo)e are manifes"*
>An% "hese so$l a""ri+$"es +ecome a +o%y +ea$"if$l* A m$l"i"$%e of lessons man m$s" learn $pon "he plane of so$l( an% here he "arries many
a#es $n"il his lessons are all learne%* 0pon "he +o$n%ary of "he plane of so$l' "he e"her +e#an "o )i+ra"e slo-er s"ill an% "hen "he essences
"oo, on a final #ar+( "he perf$mes an% "he o%ors an% "he "r$e sensa"ions an% "he all of lo)e -ere clo"he% in flesh( an% man -as clo"he% in
flesh* Perfec"e% man m$s" pass "hro$#h all "he -ays of life' an% so a carnal na"$re -as f$ll manifes"' a na"$re "ha" spran# for"h from fleshly
"hin#s* !i"ho$" a foe a sol%ier ne)er ,no-s his s"ren#"h' an% "ho$#h" m$s" +e %e)elope% +y "he e6ercise of s"ren#"h* An% so "his carnal
na"$re soon +ecame a foe "ha" man m$s" fi#h"' "ha" he mi#h" +e "he s"ren#"h of Allah ma%e manifes"* Le" e)ery li)in# "hin# s"an% s"ill an%
hearA Man is "he Lor% of all "he plane of manifes"' of pro"oplas"' of mineral' of plan"' of +eas"' +$" he #a)e $p his +ir"hri#h"s' 9$s" "o #ra"ify
his lo-er self* B$" man -ill re#ain his los" es"a"e' his heri"a#e( +$" he m$s" %o i" in a conflic" "ha" canno" +e "ol% in -or%s* Yea' he m$s"
s$ffer "rials an% "emp"a"ions manifol%( +$" le" him ,no- "ha" cher$+im an% seraphim "ha" r$le "he s"a"ions of "he s$n an% spiri" of "he mi#h"y
Allah -ho r$le "he solar s"ars are his pro"ec"ors an% his #$i%e' an% "hey -ill lea% "o )ic"ory* Man -ill +e f$lly sa)e%' re%eeme%' perfec"e% +y
"he "hin#s he s$ffers on "he plane of flesh' an% on "he plane of so$l* !hen man has con8$ere% carnal "hin#s his #ar+ of flesh -ill "hen ha)e
ser)e% i"s p$rpose -ell an% i" -ill fall( -ill +e no more*
>Then he -ill s"an% $n"rammele% on "he plane of so$l -here he m$s" f$ll comple"e his )ic"ories* 0nn$m+ere% foes -ill s"an% +efore man
$pon "he plane of so$l( "hese he m$s" o)ercome' yea' o)ercome "hem e)ery one* Th$s hope -ill e)er +e his +eacon li#h"( "here is no fail$re
for "he h$man so$l' for Allah is lea%in# on an% )ic"ory is s$re*
>Man canno" %ie( "he spiri"4man is one -i"h Allah' an% -hile Allah li)es man canno" %ie* !hen man has con8$ere% e)ery foe $pon "he plane
of so$l "he see% -ill ha)e f$ll opene% o$"' -ill ha)e $nfol%e% in "he Holy Brea"h* The #ar+ of so$l -ill "hen ha)e ser)e% i"s p$rpose -ell' an%
man -ill nee% i" ne)er more' an% i" -ill pass an% +e no more an% man -ill "hen a""ain $n"o "he +lesse%ness of perfec"ness an% +e a" one -i"h
Allah*> .hap"er II
E%$ca"ion of Mary an% Eli1a+e"h in 2oan' E#yp"
:* The son of Hero%' Archela$s' rei#ne% in 5er$salem* He -as a selfish' cr$el ,in#( he p$" "o %ea"h all "hose -ho %i% no" honor him*
<* He calle% in co$ncil all "he -ises" men an% as,e% a+o$" "he infan" claiman" "o his "hrone*
D* The co$ncil sai% "ha" 5ohn an% 5es$s +o"h -ere %ea%( "hen he -as sa"isfie%*
E* No- 5oseph' Mary an% "heir son -ere %o-n in E#yp" in 2oan' an% 5ohn -as -i"h his mo"her in "he 5$%ean Hills*
F* Elih$ an% Salome sen" messen#ers in has"e "o fin% Eli1a+e"h an% 5ohn* They fo$n% "hem' "hey +ro$#h" "hem "o 2oan*
G* No- Mary an% Eli1a+e"h -ere mar)elin# m$ch +eca$se of "heir %eli)erance*
=* Elih$ sai%' >I" is no" s"ran#e( "here are no happenin#s( la- #o)erns all e)en"s*
H* /rom ol%en "imes i" -as or%aine% "ha" yo$ sho$l% +e -i"h $s an% in "his sacre% school +e "a$#h"*>
;* Elih$ an% Salome "oo, Mary an% Eli1a+e"h o$" "o "he sacre% #ro)e near+y -here "hey -ere -on" "o "each*
:I* Elih$ sai% "o Mary an% Eli1a+e"hC >Yo$ may es"eem yo$rself "hrice +lesse%' for yo$ are chosen mo"hers of lon# promise% sons*
::* !ho are or%aine% "o lay a soli% roc, a s$re fo$n%a"ion s"one on -hich "he "emple of "he perfec" man shall res"44a "emple "ha" shall ne)er
+e %es"roye%*
:<* !e meas$re "ime +y cycle a#es' an% "he #a"e "o e)ery a#e -e %eem a mile s"one in "he 9o$rney of "he race*
:D* An a#e has passe%( "he #a"e $n"o ano"her a#e flies open a" "he "o$ch of "ime* This is "he prepara"ion a#e of so$l' "he ,in#%om of
Imman$el' of Allah in man*
:E* An% "hese' yo$r sons' -ill +e "he firs" "o "ell "he ne-s' an% "each "he #ospel of #oo% -ill "o men' an% peace on ear"h*
:F* A mi#h"y -or, is "heirs' for carnal men -an" no" "he li#h"( "hey lo)e "he %ar,' an% -hen "he li#h" shines in "he %ar, "hey comprehen% i"
no"*
:G* !e call "hese sons Re)ealers of "he Li#h"' +$" "hey m$s" ha)e "he li#h" +efore "hey can re)eal "he li#h"*
:=* An% yo$ m$s" "each yo$r sons' an% se" "heir so$ls on fire -i"h lo)e an% holy 1eal' an% ma,e "hem conscio$s of "heir missions "o "he sons
of men*
:H* Teach "hem "ha" Allah an% man are one' +$" "ha" "hro$#h carnal "ho$#h"s an% -or%s an% %ee%s' man "ore himself a-ay from Allah'
%e+ase% himself*
:;* Teach "ha" "he Holy Brea"h -o$l% ma,e "hem one a#ain' res"orin# harmony an% peace*
<I* Tha" na$#h" can ma,e "hem one +$" Lo)e( "ha" Allah so lo)e% "he -orl% "ha" He has clo"he% His son in flesh "ha" man may comprehen%*
<:* The only Sa)ior of "he -orl% is lo)e( an% 5es$s' son of Mary' comes "o manifes" "ha" lo)e "o men*
<<* No-' lo)e canno" manifes" $n"il i"s -ay has +een prepare%' an% na$#h" can ren% "he roc, an% +rin# %o-n lof"y hills an% fill "he )alleys
$p' an% "h$s prepare "he -ay' +$" p$ri"y*
<D* B$" p$ri"y in life men %o no" comprehen%( an% so' i"' "oo' come in flesh*
<E* An% yo$' Eli1a+e"h' are +lesse% +eca$se yo$rs is p$ri"y ma%e flesh' an% he shall pa)e "he -ay for lo)e*
<F* This a#e -ill comprehen% +$" li""le of "he -or,s of P$ri"y an% Lo)e( +$" no" a -or% is los"' for in "he Boo, of Allah3s Remem+rance a
re#is"ry is ma%e of e)ery "ho$#h" an% -or% an% %ee%*
<G* An% -hen "he -orl% is rea%y "o recei)e' lo' Allah -ill sen% a messen#er "o open "he +oo, an% copy from i"s sacre% pa#es all "he
messa#es of P$ri"y an% Lo)e*
<=* Then e)ery man of ear"h -ill rea% "he -or%s of life in lan#$a#e of his na"i)e lan%' an% men -ill see "he li#h"' -al, in "he li#h" an% +e "he
li#h"*
<H* An% man a#ain -ill +e a" one -i"h Allah*>
.hap"er III
Elih$3s Lessons 4 The 0ni"y f Life
:* A#ain Elih$ me" his p$pils in "he sacre% #ro)e an% sai%C
<* >No man li)es $n"o himself' for e)ery li)in# "hin# is +o$n% +y cor%s "o e)ery o"her li)in# "hin#*
D* Blesse% are "he p$re in hear"( for "hey -ill lo)e an% no" %eman% lo)e in re"$rn*
E* They -ill no" %o "o o"her men -ha" "hey -o$l% no" ha)e o"her men %o $n"o "hem*
F* There are "-o sel)es( "he hi#her an% "he lo-er self*
G* The hi#her self is h$man spiri" clo"he% -i"h so$l' ma%e in "he form of Allah*
=* The lo-er self' "he carnal self' "he +o%y of %esires' is a reflec"ion of hi#her self' %is"or"e% +y "he m$r,y e"hers of "he flesh*
H* The lo-er self is an ill$sion an% -ill pass a-ay( "he hi#her self is Allah in man' an% -ill no" pass a-ay*
;* The hi#her self is "he em+o%imen" of "r$"h' "he lo-er self is "r$"h re)erse% an% so is falsehoo% manifes"*
:I* The hi#her self is 9$s"ice' mercy' lo)e an% ri#h"( "he lo-er self is -ha" "he hi#her self is no"*
::* The lo-er self +ree%s ha"re%' slan%er' le-%ness' m$r%ers' "hef"' an% e)ery"hin# "ha" harms' "he hi#her self is mo"her of "he )ir"$es an%
"he harmonies of life*
:<* The lo-er self is rich in promises' +$" poor in +lesse%ness an% peace( i" offers pleas$re' 9oy an% sa"isfyin# #ain( +$" #i)es $nres"' misery
an% %ea"h*
:D* I" #i)es men apples "ha" are lo)ely "o "he eye an% pleasan" "o "he smell( "heir cores are f$ll of +i""erness an% #all*
:E* If yo$ -o$l% as, me -ha" "o s"$%y' I -o$l% say' yo$rsel)es( an% -hen yo$ -ell ha)e s"$%ie% "hem( an% "hen -o$l% as, me -ha" "o s"$%y
ne6"' I -o$l% reply' yo$rsel)es*
:F* He -ho ,no-s -ell his lo-er self' ,no-s "he ill$sions of "he -orl%' ,no-s of "he "hin#s "ha" pass a-ay( an% he -ho ,no-s his hi#her
self' ,no- Allah( ,no-s -ell "he "hin#s "ha" canno" pass a-ay*
:G* Thrice +lesse% is "he man -ho has ma%e p$ri"y an% lo)e his )ery o-n( he has +een ransome% from "he perils of "he lo-er self an% is
himself his hi#her self*
:=* Men see, sal)a"ion from an e)il "ha" "hey %eem a li)in# mons"er of "he ne"her -orl%( an% "hey ha)e #o%s "ha" are +$" %emons in %is#$ise(
all po-erf$l' ye" f$ll of 9ealo$sy an% ha"e an% l$s"(
:H* !hose fa)ors m$s" +e +o$#h" -i"h cos"ly sacrifice of fr$i"s' an% of "he li)es of +ir%s' an% animals' an% h$man ,in%*
:;* An% ye" "hese #o%s possess no ears "o hear' no eyes "o see' no hear" "o sympa"hi1e' no po-er "o sa)e*
<I* This e)il is a my"h( "hese #o%s are ma%e of air' clo"he% -i"h sha%o-s of a "ho$#h"*
<:* The only %e)il from -hich men m$s" +e re%eeme% is self' "he lo-er self* If man -o$l% fin% his %e)il he m$s" loo, -i"hin( his name is self*
<<* If man -o$l% fin% his sa)ior he m$s" loo, -i"hin( an% -hen "he %emon self has +een %e"hrone% "he sa)ior' Lo)e' -ill +e e6$l"e% "o "he
"hrone of po-er*
23. The Da)i% of "he li#h" is P$ri"y' -ho slays "he s"ron# &olia"h of "he %ar,' an% sea"s "he sa)ior' Lo)e' $pon "he "hrone*>
.hap"er IV
Dea"h an% B$rial of Eli1a+e"h44Ma"heno3s Lessons 44The Minis"ry of Dea"h
:* !hen 5ohn -as "-el)e years ol% his mo"her %ie%' an% nei#h+ors lai% her +o%y in a "om+ amon# her ,in%re% in "he He+ron +$ryin# #ro$n%'
an% near "o 2acharias3 "om+*
<* An% 5ohn -as %eeply #rie)e%( he -ep"* Ma"heno sai%C >I" is no" -ell "o -eep +eca$se of %ea"h*
D* Dea"h is no enemy of man( i" is a frien% -ho' -hen "he -or, of life is %one' 9$s" c$"s "he cor% "ha" +in%s "he h$man +oa" "o ear"h' "ha" i"
may sail on smoo"her seas*
E* No lan#$a#e can %escri+e a mo"her3s -or"h' an% yo$rs -as "rie% an% "r$e* B$" she -as no" calle% hence $n"il her "as,s -ere %one*
F* The calls of %ea"h are al-ays for "he +es"' for -e are sol)in# pro+lems "here as -ell as here( an% one is s$re "o fin% himself -here he can
sol)e his pro+lems +es"*
G* I" is +$" selfishness "ha" ma,es one -ish "o call a#ain "o ear"h %epar"e% so$ls*
=* Then le" yo$r mo"her res" in peace* 5$s" le" her no+le life +e s"ren#"h an% inspira"ion $n"o yo$*
H* A crisis in yo$r life has come' an% yo$ m$s" ha)e a clear concep"ion of "he -or, "ha" yo$ are calle% "o %o*
;* The sa#es of "he a#es call yo$ har+in#er* The Prophe"s loo, "o yo$ an% sayC >He is Eli9ah come a#ain*>
:I* Yo$r mission here is "ha" of har+in#er( for yo$ -ill #o +efore "he Messiah3s face "o pa)e His -ay' an% ma,e "he people rea%y "o recei)e
"heir Kin#*
::* This rea%iness is p$ri"y of hear"( none +$" "he p$re in hear" can reco#ni1e "he ,in#*
:<* To "each men "o +e p$re in hear"' yo$ m$s" yo$rself +e p$re in hear" an% -or% an% %ee%*
:D* In infancy "he )o- for yo$ -as ma%e an% yo$ +ecame a Na1ari"e* The ra1or shall no" "o$ch yo$r face nor hea%' an% yo$ shall "as"e no"
-ine nor fiery %rin,s*
:E* Men nee% a pa""ern for "heir li)es( "hey lo)e "o follo-' no" "o lea%*
:F* The man -ho s"an%s $pon "he corners of "he pa"hs an% poin"s "he -ay' +$" %oes no" #o' is 9$s" a poin"er( an% a +loc, of -oo% can %o "he
same*
:G* The "eacher "rea%s "he -ay( on e)ery span of #ro$n% he lea)es his foo"prin"s' clearly c$"' -hich all can see an% +e ass$re% "ha" he' "heir
mas"er -en" "ha" -ay*
:=* Men comprehen% "he inner life +y -ha" "hey see an% %o* They come "o Allah "hro$#h ceremonies an% forms*
:H* An% so -hen yo$ -o$l% ma,e men ,no- "ha" sins are -ashe% a-ay +y p$ri"y in life' a ri"e sym+olic may +e in"ro%$ce%*
:;* In -a"er -ash "he +o%ies of "he people -ho -o$l% "$rn a-ay from sin an% s"ri)e for p$ri"y in life*
<I* This ri"e of cleansin# is a prepara"ion ri"e an% "hey -ho "h$s are cleanse% comprise "he "emple of p$ri"y*
<:* An% yo$ shall say' Yo$ men of Israel' hear( reform an% -ash( +ecome "he sons of p$ri"y' an% yo$ shall +e for#i)en*
<<* This ri"e of cleansin# an% "his "emple are +$" sym+olic of "he cleansin# of "he so$l' -hich %oes no" come from o$"-ar% sho-' +$" is "he
"emple -i"hin*
<D* No-' yo$ may ne)er poin" "he -ay an% "ell "he m$l"i"$%es "o %o -ha" yo$ ha)e ne)er %one( +$" yo$ m$s" #o +efore an% sho- "he -ay*
<E* Yo$ are "o "each "ha" men m$s" -ash( so yo$ m$s" lea% "he -ay' yo$r +o%y m$s" +e -ashe%' sym+olic of "he cleansin# of "he so$l*>
<F* 5ohn sai%' >!hy nee% I -ai"? May I no" #o a" once an% -ash?>
<G* Ma"heno sai%C >Tis -ell>' an% "hen "hey -en" %o-n "o "he 5or%an for%' an% eas" of 5ericho' 9$s" -here "he hos" of Israel crosse% -hen firs"
"hey en"ere% .anaan' "hey "arrie% for a "ime*
<=* Ma"heno "a$#h" "he har+in#er' an% he e6plaine% "o him "he inner meanin# of "he cleansin# ri"e an% ho- "o -ash himself an% ho- "o
-ash "he m$l"i"$%e*
<H* An% in "he ri)er 5or%an' 5ohn -as -ashe%( "hen "hey re"$rne% $n"o "he -il%erness*
<;* No- in En#e%i3s hills Ma"heno3s -or, -as %one an% he an% 5ohn -en" %o-n "o E#yp"* They res"e% no" $n"il "hey reache% "he "emple of
Sa,ara in "he )alley of "he Nile*
DI* /or many years' Ma"heno -as a mas"er in "his "emple of "he Bro"herhoo%' an% -hen he "ol% a+o$" "he life of 5ohn an% of his mission "o
"he sons of men' "he hierophan" -i"h 9oy recei)e% "he har+in#er an% he -as calle% "he Bro"her Na1ari"e*
D:* /or ei#h"een years 5ohn li)e% an% -ro$#h" -i"hin "hese "emple #a"es( an% here he con8$ere% self' +ecame a mas"er min% an% learne% "he
%$"ies of "he har+in#er*
.hap"er V
Af"er "he feas"44The Home-ar% 5o$rney44The Missin# 5es$s44The Search /or Him* His Paren"s /in% Him In "he Temple44He &oes !i"h Them
To Na1are"h44Sym+olic Meanin# of .arpen"er3s Tools*
:* The #rea" /eas" of "he Pasch -as en%e% an% "he Na1arenes -ere 9o$rneyin# "o-ar% "heir homes*
<* An% "hey -ere in Samaria' an% Mary sai%C >!here is my son?> No one ha% seen "he +oy*
D* An% 5oseph so$#h" amon# "heir ,in%re% -ho -ere on "heir -ay "o &alilee( +$" "hey ha% seen him no"*
E* Then 5oseph' Mary' an% a son of 2e+e%ee re"$rne% an% so$#h" "hro$#h all 5er$salem' +$" "hey co$l% fin% him no"*
F* An% Mary as,e% "he #$ar%s ha% "hey seen 5es$s' a li""le +oy a+o$" "-el)e years ol%*
G* The #$ar%s replie%C >Yes' he is in "he "emple no- %isp$"in# -i"h "he %oc"ors of "he la-*>
=* An% "hey -en" in' an% fo$n% him as "he #$ar%s ha% sai%*
H* An% Mary sai%C >!hy' 5es$s' -hy %o yo$ "rea" yo$r paren"s "h$s? Lo' -e ha)e so$#h" "-o %ays for yo$* !e feare% "ha" some #rea" harm ha%
o)er"a,en yo$*>
;* An% 5es$s sai%' >Do yo$ no" ,no- "ha" I m$s" +e a+o$" my /a"her3s -or,?>
:I* B$" He -en" ro$n% an% presse% "he han% of e)ery %oc"or of "he la- an% sai%C >I "r$s" "ha" -e mee" a#ain*>
::* An% "hen he -en" for"h -i"h his paren"s on "heir -ay "o Na1are"h( an% -hen "hey reache% "heir home He -ro$#h" -i"h 5oseph as a
carpen"er*
:<* ne %ay as He -as +rin#in# for"h "he "ools for -or, he sai%C
:D* >These "ools remin% me of "he ones -e han%le in "he -or,shop of "he min% -here "hin#s -ere ma%e of "ho$#h" an% -here -e +$il% $p
charac"er*
:E* !e $se "he s8$are "o meas$re all o$r lines' "o s"rai#h"en o$" "he croo,e% places of "he -ay' an% ma,e "he corners of o$r con%$c" s8$are*
:F* !e $se "he compass "o %ra- circles aro$n% o$r passions an% %esires "o ,eep "hem in "he +o$n%s of ri#h"eo$sness*
:G* !e $se "he a6e "o c$" a-ay "he ,no""y' $seless an% $n#ainly par"s an% ma,e "he charac"er symme"rical*
:=* !e $se "he hammer "o %ri)e home "he "r$"h' an% po$n% i" in $n"il i" is a par" of e)ery par"*
:H* !e $se "he plane "o smoo"h "he ro$#h' $ne)en s$rfaces of 9oin"' an% +loc,' an% +oar% "ha" #o "o +$il% "he "emple for "he "r$"h*
:;* The chisel' line' "he pl$mme" an% "he sa- all ha)e "heir $ses in "he -or,shop of "he min%*
<I* An% "hen "his la%%er -i"h i"s "rini"y of s"eps' fai"h' hope an% lo)e( on i" -e clim+ $p "o "he %ome of p$ri"y in life*
<:* An% on "he "-el)e s"ep la%%er' -e ascen% $n"il -e reach "he pinnacle of "ha" -hich life is spen" "o +$il% "he Temple of Perfec"e% Man*>
.hap"er VI
Life an% !or,s of 5es$s in In%ia Amon# "he Moslems
:* A royal prince of In%ia' Ra)anna in "he So$"h' -as a" "he 5e-ish /eas"*
<* Ra)anna -as a man of -eal"h' an% he -as 9$s"' an% -i"h a +an% of Brahmic pries"s so$#h" -is%om in "he -es"*
D* !hen 5es$s s"oo% amon# "he 5e-ish pries"s an% rea% an% spo,e' Ra)anna hear% an% -as ama1e%*
E* An% -hen he as,e% -ho 5es$s -as' from -hence He came an% -ha" He -as' .hief Hillel sai%C
F* >!e call "his chil% "he Day S"ar from on hi#h' for He has come "o +rin# "o men a li#h"' "he li#h" of life( "o li#h"en $p "he -ay of men an% "o
re%eem His people of Israel*>
G* An% Hillel "ol% Ra)anna all a+o$" "he chil%( a+o$" "he prophecies concernin# Him( a+o$" "he -on%ers of "he ni#h" -hen He -as +orn(
a+o$" "he )isi" of "he Ma#ian pries"s*
=* A+o$" "he -ay in -hich He -as pro"ec"e% from "he -ra"h of e)il men( a+o$" His fli#h" "o E#yp"lan%' an% ho- He "hen -as ser)in# -i"h His
fa"her as a carpen"er in Na1are"h*
H* Ra)anna -as en"rance%' an% as,e% "o ,no- "he -ay "o Na1are"h' "ha" he mi#h" #o an% honor s$ch a one as son of Allah*
;* An% -i"h his #or#eo$s "rain he 9o$rneye% an% came "o Na1are"h of &alilee*
:I* He fo$n% "he o+9ec" of his search en#a#e% in +$il%in# %-ellin#s for "he sons of men*
::* An% -hen he firs" sa- 5es$s He -as clim+in# $p a "-el)e s"ep la%%er' an% He carrie% in His han%s a compass' s8$are an% a6e*
:<* Ra)anna sai%C >All hail' mos" fa)ore% son of Hea)enA>
:D* An% a" "he inn Ra)anna ma%e a feas" for all "he people of "he "o-n( an% 5es$s an% His paren"s -ere honore% #$es"s*
:E* /or cer"ain %ays Ra)anna -as a #$es" in 5oseph3s home on Marmion !ay( he so$#h" "o learn "he secre" of "he -is%om of "he son( +$" i"
-as all "o #rea" for him*
:F* An% "hen he as,e% "ha" he mi#h" +e "he pa"ron of "he chil%' mi#h" "a,e Him "o "he eas"' -here He co$l% learn "he -is%om of "he Brahms*
:G* An% 5es$s lon#e% "o #o' "ha" He mi#h" learn( an% af"er many %ays His paren"s #a)e consen"*
:=* Then' -i"h pro$% hear"' Ra)anna -i"h his "rain' +e#an "he 9o$rney "o-ar%s "he risin# s$n( an% af"er many %ays "hey crosse% "he san%' an%
reache% "he pro)ince of rissa' an% "he palace of "he prince*
:H* The Brahmic pries"s -ere #la% "o -elcome home "he prince( -i"h fa)or "hey recei)e% "he 5e-ish +oy*
:;* An% 5es$s -as accep"e% as a p$pil in "he Temple 5a#anna"h( an% here He learne% "he Ve%as an% "he Manic la-*
<I* The Brahmic Mas"ers -on%ere% a" "he clear concep"ions of "he .hil%' an% of"en -ere ama1e% -hen He e6plaine% "o "hem "he meanin# of
"he la-*


.HAPTER VII
The /rien%ship of 5es$s an% Lamaas445es$s E6plains "o Lamaas "he Meanin# of Tr$"h

:* Amon# "he pries"s of 5a#anna"h -as one -ho lo)e% "he 5e-ish +oy* Lamaas Bramas -as "he name +y -hich "he pries" -as ,no-n*
<* ne %ay as 5es$s an% Lamaas -al,e% alone in Pla1a 5a#anna"h' Lamaas sai%C >My 5e-ish mas"er' -ha" is "r$"h?>
D* An% 5es$s sai%C >Tr$"h is "he only "hin# "ha" chan#es no"*
E* In all "he -orl% "here are "-o "hin#s( The one is "r$"h( "he o"her is falsehoo%' an% falsehoo% "ha" -hich seems "o +e*
F* No- "r$"h is a$#h" an% has no ca$se' an% ye" i" is "he ca$se of e)ery"hin#*
G* /alsehoo% is na$#h"' an% ye" i" is "he manifes" of ri#h"*
=* !ha"e)er has +een ma%e -ill +e $nma%e( "ha" -hich +e#ins m$s" en%*
H* All "hin#s "ha" can +e seen +y h$man eyes are manifes"s of a$#h"' are na$#h"' an% so m$s" pass a-ay*
;* The "hin#s -e see are +$" refle6es 9$s" appearin#' -hile "he e"hers )i+ra"e so an% so' an% -hen con%i"ions chan#e "hey %isappear*
:I* The Holy Brea"h is "r$"h( is "ha" -hich -as' an% is' an% e)ermore shall +e( i" canno" chan#e nor pass a-ay*>
::* Lamaas sai%C >Yo$ ans-er -ell' no- -ha" is man?>
:<* An% 5es$s sai%' >Man is "he "r$"h an% falsehoo% s"ran#ely mi6e%*
:D* Man is "he Brea"h ma%e flesh( so "r$"h an% falsehoo% are con9oine% in him( an% "hey s"ri)e' an% na$#h" #oes %o-n an% man as "r$"h
a+i%es*>
:E* A#ain Lamaas as,e%C >!ha" %o yo$ say of po-er?>
:F* An% 5es$s sai%C >I" is a manifes"( is "he res$l" of force( i" is +$" na$#h"( i" is ill$sion' no"hin# more* /orce chan#es no"' +$" po-er chan#es
as "he e"hers chan#e*
:G* >/orce is "he -ill of Allah an% is omnipo"en"' an% po-er is "ha" -ill in manifes"' %irec"e% +y "he Brea"h*>
:=* >There is po-er in "he -in%s' a po-er in "he -a)es' a po-er in "he li#h"nin#3s s"ro,e' a po-er in "he h$man arm' a po-er in "he eye*>
:H* >The e"hers ca$se "hese po-ers "o +e' an% "ho$#h" of Elohim' of an#el' man' or o"her "hin,in# "hin#s' %irec"s "he force( -hen i" has %one
i"s -or, "he po-er is no more*>
:;* A#ain Lamaas as,e%C >f $n%ers"an%in#' -ha" ha)e yo$ "o say?>
<I* An% 5es$s sai%C >I" is "he roc, on -hich man +$il%s himself( i" is "he &nosis of "he a$#h" an% of "he na$#h"' of falsehoo% an% of "r$"h*>
<:* >I" is "he ,no-le%#e of "he lo-er self( "he sensin# of "he po-ers of man himself*>
<<* A#ain Lamaas as,e%C >f -is%om -ha" ha)e yo$ "o say?>
<D* An% 5es$s sai%C >I" is "he conscio$sness "ha" man is a$#h"( "ha" Allah an% man are one(
<E* Tha" na$#h" is na$#h"( "ha" po-er is +$" ill$sion( "ha" hea)en an% ear"h an% hell are no" a+o)e' aro$n%' +elo-' +$" in( -hich in "he li#h"
of a$#h" +ecomes "he na$#h"' an% Allah is all*>
<F* Lamaas as,e%C >Pray' -ha" is fai"h?>
<G* An% 5es$s sai%C >/ai"h is "he s$re"y of "he omnipo"ence of Allah an% man( "he cer"ain"y "ha" man -ill reach "he %eific life*
<=* Sal)a"ion is a la%%er reachin# from "he hear" of man "o hear" of Allah*
<H* I" has "hree s"eps( Belief is firs"' an% "his is -ha" man "hin,s' perhaps' is "r$"h*
<;* An% fai"h is ne6"' an% "his is -ha" man ,no-s is "r$"h*
DI* /r$i"ion is "he las"' an% "his is man himself' "he "r$"h*
D:* Belief is los" in fai"h( an% in fr$i"ion is los"( an% man is sa)e% -hen he has reache% %eific life( -hen he an% Allah are one*>

.hap"er VIII
5es$s Re)eals "o "he People of Their Sinf$l !ays

:* In all "he ci"ies of rissa 5es$s "a$#h"* A" Ka"a,' +y "he ri)er si%e' He "a$#h"' an% "ho$san%s of "he people follo-e% him*
< ne %ay a car of 5a#anna"h -as ha$le% alon# +y scores of fren1ie% men' an% 5es$s sai%C
D* >Behol%' a form -i"ho$" a spiri" passes +y( a +o%y -i"h no so$l( a "emple -i"h no al"ar fires*
E* This car of Krishna is an emp"y "hin#' for Krishna is no" "here*
F* This car is +$" an i%ol of a people %r$n, on -ine of carnal "hin#s*
G* Allah li)es no" in "he noise of "on#$es( "here is no -ay "o Him from any i%ol shrine*
=* Allah3s mee"in# place -i"h man is in "he hear"' an% in a s"ill small )oice he spea,s( an% he -ho hears is s"ill*>
H* An% all "he people sai%C >Teach $s "o ,no- "he Holy ne -ho spea,s -i"hin "he hear"' Allah of "he s"ill small )oice*>
;* An% 5es$s sai%' >The Holy Brea"h canno" +e seen -i"h mor"al eyes( nor can men see "he spiri"s of "he Holy ne*
:I* B$" in "heir ima#e man -as ma%e' an% he -ho loo,s in"o "he face of man' loo,s a" "he ima#e of "he Allah -ho spea,s -i"hin*
::* An% -hen man honors man' he honors Allah' an% -ha" man %oes for man he %oes for Allah*
:<* An% yo$ m$s" +ear in min% "ha" -hen man harms in "ho$#h" or -or% or %ee% ano"her man' he %oes a -ron# "o Allah*
:D* If yo$ -o$l% ser)e "he Allah -ho spea,s -i"hin "he hear"' 9$s" ser)e yo$r near of ,in' an% "hose "ha" are no ,in' "he s"ran#er a" yo$r
#a"es' "he foe -ho see,s "o %o yo$ harm*
:E* Assis" "he poor' an% help "he -ea,( %o harm "o none' an% co)e" no" -ha" is no" yo$rs*
:F* Then' -i"h yo$r "on#$e "he Holy ne -ill spea,( an% he -ill smile +ehin% yo$r "ears' -ill li#h" yo$r co$n"enance -i"h 9oy' an% fill yo$r
hear"s -i"h peace*>
:G* An% "hen "he people as,e%C >To -hom shall -e +rin# #if"s? !here shall -e offer sacrifice?>
:=* An% 5es$s sai%C >$r /a"her44Allah as,s no" for nee%less -as"e of plan"' of #rain' of %o)e' of lam+*
:H* Tha" -hich yo$ +$rn on any shrine yo$ "hro- a-ay* No +lessin#s can a""en% "he one -ho "a,es "he foo% from h$n#ry mo$"hs "o +e
%es"roye% +y fire*
:;* !hen yo$ -o$l% offer sacrifice $n"o Allah' 9$s" "a,e yo$r #if" of #rain' or mea"' an% lay i" on "he "a+le of "he poor*
<I* /rom i" an incense -ill arise "o hea)en' -hich -ill re"$rn "o yo$ -i"h +lesse%ness*
<:* Tear %o-n yo$r i%ols( "hey can hear yo$ no"( "$rn all yo$r sacrificial al"ars in"o f$el for "he flames*
<<* Ma,e h$man hear"s yo$r al"ars' an% +$rn yo$r sacrifices -i"h "he fire of lo)e*>
<D* An% all "he people -ere en"rance%' an% -o$l% ha)e -orshipe% 5es$s as a &o%( +$" 5es$s sai%C
<E* >I am yo$r +ro"her man 9$s" come "o sho- "he -ay "o Allah( yo$ shall no" -orship man( praise Allah "he Holy ne*>

.HAPTER I7
5es$s a""en%s a feas" in Behar an% Here He Ta$#h" H$man E8$ali"y*

:* The fame of 5es$s as a "eacher sprea% "hro$#h all "he lan%' an% people came from near an% far "o hear His -or%s of "r$"h*
<* A" Behar' on "he sacre% ri)er of "he Brahms' he "a$#h" for many %ays*
D* An% Ach' a -eal"hy man of Behar' ma%e a feas" in honor of his #$es"' an% he in)i"e% e)ery one "o come*
E* An% many came( amon# "hem "hie)es' e6"or"ioners' an% co$r"esans* An% 5es$s sa" -i"h "hem an% "a$#h"( +$" "hey -ho follo-e% him -ere
m$ch a##rie)e%' +eca$se He sa" -i"h "hie)es an% co$r"esans*
F* An% "hey $p+rai%e% Him( "hey sai%C >Ra++oni' mas"er of "he -ise' "his %ay -ill +e an e)il %ay for yo$*
G* The ne-s -ill sprea% "ha" yo$ consor" -i"h co$r"esans an% men -ill sh$n yo$ as "hey sh$n an asp*>
=* An% 5es$s ans-ere% "hem an% sai%C >A mas"er ne)er screens himself for sa,e of rep$"a"ion or of fame*
H* These are +$" -or"hless +a$+les of "he %ay( "hey arise an% sin,' li,e emp"y +o""les on a s"ream( "hey are ill$sions an% -ill pass a-ay(
;* They are "he in%ices "o -ha" "he "ho$#h"less "hin,( "hey are "he noise "ha" people ma,e( an% shallo- men 9$%#e meri" +y "he noise*
:I* Allah an% all mas"er men 9$%#e men +y -ha" "hey are an% no" +y -ha" "hey seem "o +e( no" +y "heir rep$"a"ion an% "heir fame*
::* These co$r"esans an% "hie)es are chil%ren of my /a"her Allah( "heir so$l are 9$s" as precio$s in His si#h" as yo$rs' or of "he Brahmic
pries"s*
:<* An% "hey are -or,in# o$" "he same life s$ms "ha" yo$ ha)e sol)e%' yo$ men -ho loo, a" "hem -i"h scorn*
:D* An% some of "hem ha)e sol)e% m$ch har%er s$ms "han yo$ ha)e sol)e%' yo$ men -ho loo, a" "hem -i"h scorn*
:E* Yes' "hey are sinners' an% confess "heir #$il" -hile yo$ are #$il"y' +$" are shre-% eno$#h "o ha)e a polishe% coa" "o co)er $p yo$r #$il"*
:F* S$ppose yo$ men -ho scorn "he co$r"esans' "hese %r$n,ar%s an% "hese "hie)es' -ho ,no- "ha" yo$ are p$re in hear" an% life' "ha" yo$
are +e""er far "han "hey' s"an% for"h "ha" men may ,no- 9$s" -ho yo$ are*
:G* The sin lies in "he -ish' in "he %esire' no" in "he ac"*
:=* Yo$ co)e" o"her people3s -eal"h( yo$ loo, a" charmin# forms' an% %eep -i"hin yo$r hear"s yo$ l$s" for "hem*
:H* Decei" yo$ prac"ice e)ery %ay' an% -ish for #ol%' for honor an% for fame' 9$s" for yo$r selfish sel)es*
:;* The man -ho co)e"s is a "hief' an% she -ho l$s"s is co$r"esan* Yo$ -ho are none of "hese spea, o$"*>
<I* No+o%y spo,e( "he acc$sers hel% "heir peace*
<:* An% 5es$s sai%C >The proof "his %ay is all a#ains" "hose -ho ha)e acc$se%*
<<* The p$re in hear" %o no" acc$se* The )ile in hear" -ho -an" "o co)er $p "heir #$il" -i"h holy smo,e of pie"y are e)er loa"hin# %r$n,ar%'
"hief an% co$r"esans*
<D* This loa"hin# an% "his scorn is moc,ery' for if "he "insele% coa" of rep$"a"ion co$l% +e "orn a-ay' "he lo$% professor -o$l% +e fo$n% "o
re)el in his l$s"' %ecei" an% many forms of secre" sin*
<E* The man -ho spen%s his "ime in p$llin# o"her people3s -ee%s can ha)e no "ime "o p$ll his o-n' an% all "he choices" flo-ers of life -ill
soon +e cho,e% an% %ie' an% no"hin# -ill remain +$" %arnel' "his"les an% +$rs*>
<F* An% 5es$s spo,e a para+le( He sai%C >Behol%' a farmer ha% #rea" fiel%s of ripene% #rain' an% -hen he loo,e% he sa- "ha" +la%es of many
s"al,s of -hea" -ere +en" an% +ro,en %o-n*
<G* An% -hen he sen" his reapers for"h he sai% 3!e -ill no" sa)e "he s"al,s of -hea" "ha" ha)e "he +ro,en +la%es*
<=* &o for"h an% c$" an% +$rn "he s"al,s -i"h +ro,en +la%es*3
<H* An% af"er many %ays he -en" "o meas$re $p his #rain' +$" no" a ,ernel co$l% he fin%*
<;* An% "hen he calle% "he har)es"ers an% sai% "o "hemC 3!here is my #rain?3
DI* They ans-ere% him an% sai%C 3!e %i% accor%in# "o yo$r -or%( -e #a"here% $p an% +$rne% "he s"al,s -i"h +ro,en +la%es' an% no" a s"al,
-as lef" "o carry "o "he +arn*3
D:* An% 5es$s sai%C >If Allah sa)es only "hose -ho ha)e no +ro,en +la%es' -ho ha)e +een perfec"e% in His si#h"' -ho -ill +e sa)e%?>
D<* An% "he acc$sers h$n# "heir hea%s in shame( an% 5es$s -en" His -ay*
.HAPTER 7
5es$s Spa,e on "he 0ni"y of Allah an% Man "o "he Hin%$s
:* Benares is "he sacre% ci"y of "he Brahms' an% in Benares 5es$s "a$#h"( 0%ra,a -as His hos"*
<* 0%ra,a ma%e a feas" in hono$r of his #$es"s' an% many hi#h +orn Hin%$ pries"s an% scri+es -ere "here*
D* An% 5es$s sai% "o "hem' -i"h m$ch %eli#h" >I spea, "o yo$ concernin# life44"he +ro"herhoo% of life*
E* The $ni)ersal Allah is one' ye" He is more "han one( all "hin#s are one*
F* By "he s-ee" +rea"h of Allah all life is +o$n% in one( so if yo$ "o$ch a fi+er of a li)in# "hin# yo$ sen% a "hrill from "he cen"er "o "he o$"er
+o$n%s of life*
G* An% -hen yo$ cr$sh +enea"h yo$r foo" "he meanes" -orm' yo$ sha,e "he "hrone of Allah' an% ca$se "he s-or% of life "o "rem+le in i"s
shea"h*
=* The +ir% sin#s o$" i"s son# for men' an% men )i+ra"e in $nison "o help i" sin#*
H* The an" cons"r$c"s her home' "he +ee i"s shel"erin# com+' "he spi%er -ea)es her -e+ an% flo-ers +rea"h "o "hem a spiri" in "heir s-ee"
perf$me "ha" #i)es "hem s"ren#"h "o "oil*
;* No-' men an% +ir%s an% +eas"s an% creepin# "hin#s are %ei"ies' ma%e flesh( an% ho- %are men ,ill any"hin#?
:I* I" is cr$el"y "ha" ma,es "he -orl% a-ry' -hen men ha)e learne% "ha" -hen "hey harm a li)in# "hin#' "hey harm "hemsel)es' "hey s$rely -ill
no" ,ill' nor ca$se a "hin# "ha" Allah has ma%e "o s$ffer pain*>
::* A la-yer sai%C >I pray "o 5es$s' "ell -ho is "his Allah yo$ spea, a+o$"( -here are His pries"s' His "emples an% His shrines?>
:<* An% 5es$s sai%C >The Allah I spea, a+o$" is e)ery-here( He canno" +e compasse% -i"h -alls' nor he%#e% a+o$" -i"h +o$n%s of any ,in%*
:D* All people -orship Allah' "he ne( +$" all "he people see Him no" ali,e*
:E* This $ni)ersal Allah is -is%om' -ill an% lo)e*
:F* All men see no" "he Tri$ne Allah* ne sees Him as Allah of mi#h"( ano"her as Allah of "ho$#h"( ano"her as Allah of lo)e*
:G* A man3s i%eal is his &o%' an% so' as man $nfol%s' his &o% $nfol%s* Man3s &o% "o%ay' "omorro- is no" &o%*
:=* The na"ions of "he ear"h see Allah from %ifferen" poin"s of )ie-' an% so He %oes no" seem "he same "o e)ery one*
:H* Man names "he par" of Allah he sees' an% "his "o him is all of Allah( an% e)ery na"ion sees a par" of Allah' an% e)ery na"ion has a name for
Allah*
:;* Yo$ Brahmans call Him Para+rahm( in E#yp" he is Tho"h( an% 2e$s is His name in &reece' 5eho)ah is His He+re- name( +$" e)ery-here He
is "he ca$seless ca$se' "he roo"less roo" from -hich all "hin#s ha)e #ro-n*
<I* !hen men are afrai% of Allah an% "a,e Him for a foe' "hey %ress $p o"her men in fancy #ar+s an% call "hem pries"s*
<:* An% char#e "hem "o res"rain "he -ra"h of Allah +y prayers an% -hen "hey fail "o -in His fa)o$r +y "heir prayers' "o +$y Him off -i"h
sacrifice of animals or +ir%s*
<<* !hen man sees Allah as one -i"h him' as /a"her Allah' he nee%s no mi%%le man' no pries" "o in"erce%e*
<D* He #oes s"rai#h" $p "o Him an% says' 3My /a"her &o%' AllahA3 an% "hen he lays his han% in Allah3s o-n han%' an% all is -ell*
<E* An% "his is Allah* Yo$ are' each one' a pries"' 9$s" for yo$rself( an% sacrifice of +loo% Allah %oes no" -an"*
<F* 5$s" #i)e yo$r life in sacrificial ser)ice "o all of life' an% Allah is please%*>
<G* !hen 5es$s ha% "h$s sai% He s"oo% asi%e( "he people -ere ama1e%' +$" s"ro)e amon# "hemsel)es*
<=* Some sai%C >He is inspire% +y Holy Brahm> an% o"hers sai%C >He is insane>( an% o"hers sai%C >He is o+sesse%( he spea,s as %e)ils spea,*>
<H* B$" 5es$s "arrie% no"* Amon# "he #$es"s -as one' a "iller of "he soil' a #enero$s so$l' a see,er af"er "r$"h' -ho lo)e% "he -or%s "ha" 5es$s
spo,e' an% 5es$s -en" -i"h him an% in his home a+o%e*
.hap"er 7I
5es$s an% Bara"a44To#e"her They Rea% "he Sacre% Boo,s*
:* Amon# "he B$%%his" pries"s -as one -ho sa- a lof"y -is%om in "he -or%s "ha" 5es$s spo,e* I" -as Bara"a Ara+o*
<* To#e"her 5es$s an% Bara"a rea% "he 5e-ish Psalms an% prophe"s( rea% "he Ve%as' "he A)es"a an% "he -is%om of &a$"ama*
D* An% as "hey rea% an% "al,e% a+o$" "he possi+ili"ies of man' Bara"a sai%C
E* >Man is "he mar)el of "he $ni)erse* He is par" of e)ery"hin#' for he has +een a li)in# "hin# on e)ery plane of life*
F* Time -as -hen man -as no"( an% "hen he -as +i" of formless s$+s"ance in "he mol%s of "ime( an% "hen a pro"oplas"*
G* By $ni)ersal la-' all "hin#s "en% $p-ar% "o a s"a"e of perfec"ness* The pro"oplas" e)ol)e%' +ecomin# -orm' "hen rep"ile' +ir% an% +eas"'
an% "hen a" las" i" reache% "he form of man*
=* No-' man himself is min%' an% min% is here "o #ain perfec"ion +y e6perience( an% min% is of"en manifes" in fleshy form' an% in "he form
+es" s$i"e% "o i"s #ro-"h* So min% may manifes" as -orm' or +ir%' or +eas"' or man*
H* The "ime -ill come -hen e)ery"hin# of life -ill +e e)ol)e% $n"o "he s"a"e of perfec" man*
;* An% af"er man is man in perfec"ness' he -ill e)ol)e "o hi#her forms of life*>
:I* An% 5es$s sai%C >Bara"a Ara+o' -ho "a$#h" yo$ "his' "ha" min% -hich is "he man' may manifes" in flesh of +eas"' or +ir%' or creepin#
"hin#?>
::* Bara"a sai%C >/rom "imes -hich man remem+ers no" o$r pries"s ha)e "ol% $s so' an% so -e ,no-*>
:<* An% 5es$s sai%C >Enli#h"ene% Ara+o' are yo$ a mas"er min% an% %o no" ,no- "ha" man ,no-s na$#h" +y +ein# "ol%?
:D* Man may +elie)e -ha" o"hers say' +$" "h$s he ne)er ,no-s* If man -o$l% ,no-' he m$s"' himself +e -ha" he ,no-s*
:E* Do yo$ remem+er' Ara+o' -hen yo$ -ere ape' or +ir%' or -orm?
:F* No-' if yo$ ha)e no +e""er pro)in# of yo$r plea "han "ha" "he pries"s ha)e "ol% yo$ so' yo$ %o no" ,no-( yo$ simply #$ess*
:G* Re#ar% no"' "hen' -ha" any man has sai%( le" $s for#e" "he flesh' an% #o -i"h min% in"o "he lan% of fleshless "hin#s( min% ne)er %oes
for#e"*
:=* An% +ac,-ar% "hro$#h "he a#es mas"er min%s can "race "hemsel)es( an% "h$s "hey ,no-*
:H* Time ne)er -as -hen man -as no"*
:;* Tha" -hich +e#ins -ill ha)e an en%* If man -as no"' "he "ime -ill come -hen he -ill no" e6is"*
<I* /rom Allah3s o-n Recor% Boo, -e rea%C The Tri$ne Allah +rea"he% for"h' an% s"oo% se)en spiri"s +efore His face* The He+re-s call "hese
se)en Spiri"s' Elohim*
<:* An% "hese are "hey -ho' in "heir +o$n%less po-er' crea"e% e)ery"hin# "ha" is' or -as*
<<* These Spiri"s of "he Tri$ne Allah mo)e% on "he face of +o$n%less space an% se)en o"hers -ere an% e)ery o"her ha% i"s form of life*
<D* These forms of life -ere +$" "he "ho$#h" of Allah' clo"he% in "he s$+s"ance of "heir e"her planes*
<E* Men call "hese e"her planes "he planes of pro"oplas"' of ear"h' of plan"' of +eas"' of man' of an#el an% of cher$+im*
<F* These planes -i"h all "heir "eemin# "ho$#h"s of Allah' are ne)er seen +y eyes of man in flesh( "hey are compose% of s$+s"ance far "oo
fine for fleshy eyes "o see' an% s"ill "hey cons"i"$"e "he so$l of "hin#s*
<G* An% -i"h "he eyes of so$l all crea"$res see "hese e"her planes' an% all forms of life*
<=* Beca$se all forms of life on e)ery plane are "ho$#h"s of Allah' all crea"$res "hin,' an% e)ery crea"$re is possesse% of -ill' an%' in i"s
meas$re' has "he po-er "o choose*
<H* An% in "heir na"i)e planes all crea"$res are s$pplie% -i"h no$rishmen" from "he e"hers of "heir planes*
<;* An% so i" -as -i"h e)ery li)in# "hin# $n"il "he -ill +ecame a sl$##ish -ill' an% "hen "he e"hers of "he pro"oplas"' "he ear"h' "he plan"' "he
+eas"' "he man' +e#an "o )i+ra"e )ery slo-*
DI* The e"hers all +ecame more %ense' an% all "he crea"$res of "hese planes -ere clo"he% -i"h coarser #ar+s #ar+s of flesh' -hich men can
see( an% "h$s "his coarser manifes"' -hich men call physical' appeare%*
D:* An% "his is -ha" is calle% "he fall of man( +$" man fell no" alone for pro"oplas"' an% ear"h' an% plan" an% +eas" -ere all incl$%e% in "he
fall*
D<* The an#els an% "he cher$+im fell no"( "heir -ills -ere e)er s"ron#' an% so "hey hel% "he e"hers of "heir planes in harmony -i"h Allah*
DD* No-' -hen "he e"her reache% "he ra"e of a"mosphere' an% all "he crea"$res of "hese planes m$s" #e" "heir foo% from a"mosphere' "he
conflic" came( an% "ha" -hich "he fini"e man calle%' s$r)i)al of "he +es"' +ecame "he la-*
DE* The s"ron#er a"e "he +o%ies of "he -ea,er manifes"s( an% here is -here "he carnal la- of e)ol$"ion ha% i"s rise*
DF* An% no- man' in his $""er shamelessness' s"ri,es %o-n an% ea"s "he +eas"s' "he +eas" cons$mes "he plan"' "he plan" "hri)es on "he ear"h'
"he ear"h a+sor+s "he pro"oplas"*
DG* In yon%er ,in#%om of "he so$l "his carnal e)ol$"ion is no" ,no-n' an% "he #rea" -or, of mas"er min%s is "o res"ore "he heri"a#e of man'
"o +rin# him +ac, "o his es"a"e "ha" he has los"' -hen he a#ain -ill li)e $pon "he e"hers of his na"i)e plane*
D=* The "ho$#h"s of Allah chan#e no"( "he manifes"s of life on e)ery plane $nfol% in"o perfec"ion of "heir ,in%( an% as "he "ho$#h" of Allah
can ne)er %ie' "here is no %ea"h "o any +ein# of "he se)en e"hers of "he se)en Spiri"s of "he Tri$ne Allah*
DH* An% so an ear"h is ne)er plan"( a +eas"' or +ir%' or creepin# "hin# is ne)er man' an% man is no"' an% canno" +e' a +eas"' or +ir%' or
creepin# "hin#*
D;* The "ime -ill come -hen all "hese se)en manifes"s -ill +e a+sor+e%' an% man an% +eas" an% plan" an% ear"h an% pro"oplas" -ill +e
re%eeme%*>
EI* Bara"a -as ama1e%( "he -is%om of "he 5e-ish sa#e -as a re)ela"ion $n"o him*
E:* No-' Vi%yapa"i' -ises" of "he In%ian sa#es' chief of "emple Kapa)is"$' hear% Bara"a spea, "o 5es$s of "he ori#in of man' an% hear% "he
ans-er of "he He+re- prophe"' an% he sai%C
E<* >Yo$ pries"s of Kapa)is"$' hear me spea,( -e s"an% "o4%ay $pon a cres" of "ime* Si6 "imes a#o a mas"er so$l -as +orn -ho #a)e a
#lorio$s li#h" "o man' an% no- a mas"er sa#e s"an%s here in "he "emple Kapa)is"$*
ED* The He+re- prophe" is "he risin# s"ar of -is%om' %eifie%* He +rin#s "o $s a ,no-le%#e of "he secre"s "hin#s of Allah( an% all "he -orl% -ill
hear his -or%s' -ill hee% his -or%s' an% #lorify his name*
EE* Yo$ pries"s of "emple Kapa)is"$' s"ay( +e s"ill an% lis"en -hen he spea,s( he is "he li)in# racle of Allah*>
EF* An% all "he pries"s #a)e "han,s' an% praise% "he B$%%ha of enli#h"enmen"*
.HAPTER 7II
5es$s Teaches "he .ommon People a" a Sprin#44Tells Them Ho- "o +"ain E"ernal Happiness*
:* In silen" me%i"a"ion 5es$s sa" +esi%e a flo-in# sprin#* I" -as a holy %ay' an% many people of "he ser)an" cas"e -ere near "he place*
<* An% 5es$s sa- "he har% %ra-n lines of "oil on e)ery +ro-' in e)ery han%* There -as no loo, of 9oy in any face* No" one of all "he #ro$p
co$l% "hin, of any"hin# +$" "oil*
D* An% 5es$s spo,e "o one an% sai%C >!hy are yo$ all so sa%? Ha)e yo$ no happiness in life?>
E* The man replie%C >!e scarcely ,no- "he meanin# of "ha" -or%* !e "oil "o li)e' an% hope for no"hin# else +$" "oil' an% +less "he %ay -hen
-e can cease o$r "oil an% lay %o-n an% res" in B$%%ha3s ci"y of "he %ea%*>
F* An% 5es$s3 hear" -as s"irre% -i"h pi"y an% -i"h lo)e for "hese poor "oilers' an% he sai%C
G* >Toil sho$l% no" ma,e a person sa%( men sho$l% +e happies" -hen "hey "oil* !hen hope an% lo)e are +ac, of "oil "hen all of life is fille%
-i"h 9oy an% peace an% "his is hea)en* Do yo$ no" ,no- "ha" s$ch a hea)en is for yo$?>
=* The man replie%C >f hea)en -e ha)e hear%( +$" "hen i" is so far a-ay' an% -e m$s" li)e so many li)es +efore -e can reach "ha" placeA>
H* An% 5es$s sai%C >My +ro"her' man' yo$r "ho$#h"s are -ron#( yo$r hea)en is no" far a-ay' an% i" is no" a place of me"es an% +o$n%s' is no"
a co$n"ry "o +e reache%( i" is a s"a"e of min%A
;* Allah ne)er ma%e a hea)en for man( He ne)er ma%e a hell( -e are crea"ors an% -e ma,e o$r o-n*
:I* No- cease "o see, for hea)en in "he s,y( 9$s" open $p "he -in%o-s of "he hear"s' an%' li,e a floo% of li#h"' a hea)en -ill come an% +rin#
a +o$n%less 9oy( "hen "oil -ill +e no cr$el "as,*>
::* The people -ere ama1e%' an% #a"here% close "o hear "his s"ran#e yo$n# mas"er spea,'
:<* Implorin# him "o "ell "hem more a+o$" "he /a"her4&o%' Allah' a+o$" "he hea)en "ha" men can ma,e on ear"h( a+o$" "he +o$n%less 9oy*
:D* An% 5es$s spo,e a para+le( he sai%C >A cer"ain man possesse% a fiel%( "he soil -as har% an% poor*
:E* By cons"an" "oil he scarcely co$l% pro)i%e eno$#h of foo% "o ,eep his family from -an"*
:F* ne %ay a miner -ho co$l% see +enea"h "he soil' in passin# on his -ay' sa- "his poor man an% his $nfr$i"f$l fiel%*
:G* He calle% "he -eary "oiler an% he sai%C 3My +ro"her' ,no- yo$ no" "ha" 9$s" +elo- "he s$rface of yo$r +arren fiel% rich "reas$res lie
conceale%?
:=* Yo$ plo$#h an% so- an% reap in a scan"y -ay' an% %ay +y %ay yo$ "rea% $pon a mine of #ol% an% precio$s s"ones*
:H* This -eal"h lies no" $pon "he s$rface of "he #ro$n%( +$" if yo$ -ill %i# a-ay "he roc,y soil' an% %el)e %o-n %eep in"o "he ear"h' yo$ nee%
no lon#er "ill "he soil for na$#h"*3
:;* The man +elie)e%* 3The miner s$rely ,no-s'3 3An% I -ill fin% "he "reas$res hi%%en in my fiel%*3
<I* An% "hen he %$# a-ay "he roc,y soil' an% %eep %o-n in "he ear"h he fo$n% a mine of #ol%*>
<:* An% 5es$s sai%C >The sons of men are "oilin# har% on %eser" plains' an% +$rnin# san%s an% roc,y soils' are %oin# -ha" "here fa"hers %i%'
no" %reamin# "hey can %o a$#h" else*
<<* Behol% a mas"er comes' an% "ells "hem of a hi%%en -eal"h( "ha" $n%ernea"h "he roc,y soil of carnal "hin#s are "reas$res "ha" no man can
co$n"*
<D* Tha" in "he hear" "he riches" #ems a+o$n%( "ha" he -ho -ills may open "he %oor an% fin% "hem all*>
<E* An% "hen "he people sai%C >Ma,e ,no-n "o $s "he -ay "ha" -e may fin% "he -eal"h "ha" lies -i"hin "he hear"*>
<F* An% 5es$s opene% $p "he -ay( "he "oilers sa- ano"her si%e of life' an% "oil +ecame a 9oy*
.hap"er 7III
Life an% !or,s of 5es$s In E#yp" Amon# "he &en"iles
:* 5es$s -i"h Elih$ an% Salome in E#yp"* Tells "he s"ory of his 9o$rneys* Elih$ an% Salome praise Allah* 5es$s #oes "o "he "emple in Heliopolis
an% is recei)e% as a p$pil*
<* An% 5es$s came "o E#yp"lan% an% all -as -ell* He "arrie% no" $pon "he coas"( He -en" a" once "o 2oan' home of Elih$ an% Salome' -ho fi)e
an% "-en"y years +efore ha% "a$#h" His mo"her in "heir sacre% school*
D* An% "here -as 9oy -hen me" "hese "hree* !hen las" "he son of Mary sa- "hese sacre% #ro)es he -as a +a+e(
E* An% no- a man #ro-n s"ron# +y +$ffe"in# of e)ery ,in%( a "eacher -ho ha% s"irre% "he m$l"i"$%es in many lan%s*
F* An% 5es$s "ol% "he a#e% "eachers all a+o$" His life( a+o$" his 9o$rneyin#s in forei#n lan%s( a+o$" "he mee"in#s -i"h "he mas"ers an% a+o$"
His ,in% recep"ions +y "he m$l"i"$%es*
G* Elih$ an% Salome hear% His s"ory -i"h %eli#h"( "hey lif"e% $p "heir eyes "o hea)en an% sai%C >$r /a"her4&o% Allah' le" no- Thy ser)an"s #o
in peace' for -e ha)e seen "he #lory of Allah*
=* An% -e ha)e "al,e% -i"h Him' "he messen#er of lo)e' an% of "he co)enan" of peace on ear"h' #oo% -ill "o men*
H* Thro$#h Him shall all "he na"ions of "he ear"h +e +lesse%( "hro$#h Him' Imman$el*>
;* An% 5es$s s"aye% in 2oan many %ays( an% "hen -en" for"h $n"o "he ci"y of "he s$n' "ha" men call Heliopolis' an% so$#h" a%mission "o "he
"emple of "he sacre% +ro"herhoo%*
:I* The co$ncil of "he +ro"herhoo% con)ene%' an% 5es$s s"oo% +efore "he hierophan"( He ans-ere% all "he 8$es"ions "ha" -ere as,e% -i"h
clearness an% -i"h po-er*
::* The hierophan" e6claime%C >Ra++oni of "he ra++ina"e' -hy come yo$ here? Yo$r -is%om is "he -is%om of "he #o%s( -hy see, for -is%om
in "he halls of men?>
:<* An% 5es$s sai%C >In e)ery -ay of ear"h4life I -o$l% -al,( in e)ery hall of learnin# I -o$l% si"( "he hei#h"s "ha" any man has #aine%' "hese I
-o$l% #ain*
:D* !ha" any man has s$ffere% I -o$l% mee"' "ha" I may ,no- "he #riefs' "he %isappoin"men"s an% "he sore "emp"a"ions of my +ro"her man(
"ha" I may ,no- 9$s" ho- "o s$ccor "hose in nee%*
:E* I pray yo$ +ro"hers' le" me #o in"o yo$r %ismal cryp"s( an% I -o$l% pass "he har%es" of yo$r "es"s*>
:F* The mas"er sai%C >Ta,e "hen "he )o- of secre" +ro"herhoo%*> An% 5es$s "oo, "he )o- of secre" +ro"herhoo%*
:G* A#ain "he mas"er spo,e( he sai%C >The #rea"es" hei#h"s are #aine% +y "hose -ho reach "he #rea"es" %ep"hs( an% yo$ shall reach "he
#rea"es" %ep"hs*>
:=* The #$i%e "hen le% "he -ay an% in "he fo$n"ain 5es$s +a"he%( an% -hen He ha% +een clo"he% in proper #ar+ He s"oo% a#ain +efore "he
hierophan"*
.HAPTER 7IV
5ohn' "he Har+in#er' Re"$rns "o He+ron' Li)es as a Hermi" In "he !il%s' Visi"s 5er$salem an% Spea,s "o "he People*
:* I" came "o pass -hen 5ohn' "he son of 2acharias an% Eli1a+e"h' ha% finishe% all his s"$%ies in "he E#yp"ian schools he re"$rne% "o He+ron'
-here he a+o%e for cer"ain %ays*
<* An% "hen he so$#h" "he -il%erness an% ma%e his home in Da)i%3s ca)e' -here many years +efore he -as ins"r$c"e% +y "he E#yp"ian sa#e*
D* Some people calle% him Hermi" of En#e%i( an% o"hers sai%' >He is "he -il% man of "he hills*>
E* He clo"he% himself -i"h s,ins of +eas"s( his foo% -as caro+s' honey' n$"s an% fr$i"s*
F* !hen 5ohn -as "hir"y years of a#e he -en" in"o 5er$salem' an% in "he mar,e" place he sa" in silence se)en %ays*
G* The common people an% "he pries"s' "he scri+es an% Pharisees came o$" in m$l"i"$%es "o see "he silen" hermi" of "he hills( +$" none -ere
+ol% eno$#h "o as, him -ho he -as*
=* B$" -hen his silen" pas" -as %one he s"oo% for"h in "he mi%s" of all an% sai%C
H*>Behol% "he Kin# has come( "he prophe"s "ol% of Him( "he -ise men lon# ha)e loo,e% for Him*
;* Prepare' Israel' prepare "o mee" yo$r Kin#*>
:I* An% "ha" -as all he sai%' an% "hen he %isappeare%' an% no one ,ne- -here he ha% #one*
::* An% "here -as #rea" $nres" "hro$#h all 5er$salem* The r$lers hear% "he s"ory of "he hermi" of "he hills*
:<* An% "hey sen" co$riers for"h "o "al, -i"h him "ha" "hey mi#h" ,no- a+o$" "he comin# Kin#( +$" "hey co$l% fin% him no"*
:D* An% af"er cer"ain %ays he came a#ain in"o "he mar,e" place' an% all "he ci"y came "o hear him spea,* He sai%C
:E* >Be no" %is"$r+e%' yo$ r$lers of "he s"a"e( "he comin# Kin# is no an"a#onis"( he see,s no place on any ear"hly "hrone*>
@He comes "he Prince of Peace' "he ,in# of ri#h"eo$sness an% lo)e( his ,in#%om is -i"h in "he so$l*B
:F* >The eyes of men shall see i" no" an% none can en"er +$" "he p$re in hear"*>
:G* >Prepare' Israel' prepare "o mee" yo$r Kin#*>
:=* A#ain' "he hermi" %isappeare%( "he people s"ro)e "o follo- him' +$" he ha% %ra-n a )eil a+o$" his form an% men co$l% see him no"*
:H* 5e-ish feas" %ay came( 5er$salem -as fille% -i"h 5e-s an% prosely"es from e)ery par" of Pales"ine' an% 5ohn s"oo% in "he "emple co$r" an%
sai%C
:;* >Prepare' Israel' prepare "o mee" yo$r Kin#*>
<I* >So' yo$ ha)e li)e% in sin( "he poor cry in yo$r s"ree"s' an% yo$ re#ar% "hem no"*
<:* Yo$r nei#h+ors' -ho are "hey? Yo$ ha)e %efra$%e% frien%s an% foes ali,e*
<<* Yo$ -orship Allah -i"h )oice an% lip( yo$r hear"s are far a-ay' an% se" on #ol%*
<D* Yo$r pries"s ha)e +o$n% $pon "he people +$r%ens far "o #rea" "o +ear( "hey li)e in ease $pon "he har% earne% -a#es of "he poor*
<E* Yo$r la-yers' %oc"ors' scri+es are $seless c$m+erers of "he #ro$n%( "hey are +$" "$mors on "he +o%y of "he s"a"e*
<F* They "oil no"' nei"her %o "hey spin' ye" "hey cons$me "he profi"s of yo$r mar"s of "ra%e*
<G* Yo$r r$lers are a%$l"erers' e6"or"ioners an% "hie)es' re#ar%in# no" "he ri#h"s of any man*
<=* An% ro++ers ply "heir callin# in "he sacre% hills( "he holy "emple yo$ ha)e sol% "o "hie)es( "heir %ens are in "he sacre% places se" apar" for
prayer*
<H* HearA hearA Yo$ people of 5er$salemA ReformC "$rn from yo$r e)il -ays or Allah -ill "$rn from yo$' an% hea"hen from afar -ill come' an%
-ha" is lef" of all yo$r honor an% yo$r fame -ill pass in one shor" ho$r*>
<;* >Prepare' 5er$salem' prepare "o mee" yo$r Kin#*>
DI* He sai% no more( he lef" "he co$r" an% no one sa- him #o*
D:* The pries"s' "he %oc"ors an% "he scri+es -ere all in ra#e* They so$#h" for 5ohn' in"en" "o %o him harm* They fo$n% him no"*
@The common people s"oo% in his %efense( "hey sai%C >The hermi" spea,s "he "r$"h*
An% "hen "he pries"s' "he %oc"ors an% "he scri+es -ere sore afrai%( "hey sai% no more( "hey hi% "hemsel)es a-ay*B
.HAPTER 7V
5es$s &oes "o "he !il%erness /or Self4e6amina"ion' !here He Remains /or"y Days44Is S$+9ec"e% "o Three Temp"a"ions* He )ercomes44
Re"$rns "o "he .amps of 5ohn an% Be#ins Teachin#*
:* The har+in#er ha% pa)e% "he -ay( "he Lo#os ha% +een in"ro%$ce% "o men as lo)e ma%e manifes"' an% he m$s" no- +e#in his %i)ine
minis"ry*
<* An% he -en" for"h in"o "he -il%erness "o +e alone -i"h Allah' "ha" He mi#h" loo, in"o His inner hear"' an% no"e i"s s"ren#"h an% -or"hiness*
D* An% -i"h Himself He "al,e%( He sai%C >My lo-er self is s"ron#( +y many "ies I am +o$n% %o-n "o carnal life*
E* Ha)e I "he s"ren#"h "o o)ercome an% #i)e my life a -illin# sacrifice for men?
F* !hen I shall s"an% +efore "he face of men' an% "hey %eman% a proof of my Messiahship' -ha" -ill I say?>
G* An% "hen "he "emp"er came an% sai%C >If yo$ +e son of Allah' comman% "hese s"ones "o "$rn "o +rea%*>
=* An% 5es$s sai%C >!ho is i" "ha" %eman%s a "es"? I" is no si#n "ha" one is Son of Allah +eca$se he %oes a miracle( "he %e)ils can %o mi#h"y
"hin#s*
H* Di% no" "he &en"ile ma#icians %o #rea" "hin#s +efore "he Pharaoh?
;* My -or%s an% %ee%s in all "he -al,s of life shall +e "he proof of my Messiahship*>
:I* An% "hen "he "emp"er sai%C >If yo$ -ill #o in"o 5er$salem' an% from "he "emple pinnacle cas" %o-n yo$rself "o ear"h' "he people -ill
+elie)e "ha" yo$ are "he Messiah sen" from Allah*
::* This yo$ can s$rely %o( for %i% no" Da)i% sayC 3He #i)es His an#els char#e concernin# yo$' an% -i"h "heir -ill "hey $phol% les" yo$ sho$l%
fall?>
:<* An% 5es$s sai%C >I may no" "emp" "he Lor%' my &o%' Allah*>
:D* An% "hen "he "emp"er sai%C >Loo, for"h $pon "he -orl%( +ehol% i"s honors an% i"s fameA Behol% i"s pleas$res an% i"s -eal"hA
:E* If yo$ -ill #i)e yo$r life for "hese "hey shall +e yo$rs*>
:F* B$" 5es$s sai%C >A-ay from me all "emp"in# "ho$#h"s* My hear" is fi6e%* I sp$rn "his carnal self -i"h all i"s )ain am+i"ion an% i"s pri%e*>
:G* /or for"y %ays %i% 5es$s -res"le -i"h His carnal self( His hi#her self Pre)aile%* He "hen -as h$n#ry' +$" his frien%s ha% fo$n% Him an%
"hey minis"ere% "o Him*
:=* Then 5es$s lef" "he -il%erness an% in "he conscio$sness of Holy +rea"h' he came $n"o "he camps of 5ohn an% "a$#h"*
.HAPTER 7VI
Pila"e3s /inal Effor" "o Release 5es$s /ails44He !ashes His Han%s In /ei#ne% Innocence44Deli)ers 5es$s "o "he 5e-s /or E6ec$"ion44The 5e-ish
Sol%iers Dri)e Him "o .al)ary*
:* A s$pers"i"io$s people are "he 5e-s* They ha)e a fai"h "ha" "hey ha)e +orro-e% from "he i%ol -orshipers of o"her lan%s' "ha" a" "he en% of
e)ery year'
<* They may heap all "heir sins $pon "he hea% of some man se" apar" "o +ear "heir sins*
D* The man +ecomes a scape#oa" for "he m$l"i"$%es( an% "hey +elie)e "ha" -hen "hey %ri)e him for"h in"o "he -il%s' or in"o forei#n lan%s'
"hey are release% from sins*
E* So e)ery sprin# +efore "he feas" "hey chose a prisoner from "he prisons of "he lan%' an% +y a form "heir o-n' "hey fain -o$l% ma,e him
+ear "heir sins a-ay*
F* Amon# "he 5e-ish prisoners in 5er$salem -ere "hree -ho -ere "he lea%ers of a )ile' se%i"io$s +an%' -ho ha% en#a#e% in "hef"s an%
m$r%ers an% rapine' an% ha% +een sen"ence% "o +e cr$cifie%*
G* Bara++as an% 5e1ia -as amon# "he men -ho -ere "o %ie( +$" Bara++as -as rich an% he ha% +o$#h" off pries"s "he +oon "o +e scape#oa"
for "he people a" "he comin# feas"' an% he -as an6io$sly in -ai"in# for his ho$r "o come*
=* No-' Pila"e "ho$#h" "o "$rn "his s$pers"i"ion "o acco$n" "o sa)e "he Lor% 5es$s' an% so he -en" a#ain +efore "he 5e-s an% sai%C
H* >Yo$ men of Israel' accor%in# "o my c$s"om I -ill release "o yo$ "o%ay a prisoner -ho shall +ear yo$ sins a-ay*
;* This man yo$ %ri)e in"o "he -il%s or in"o forei#n lan%s' an% yo$ ha)e as,e% me "o release Bara++as' -ho has +een pro)en #$il"y of "he
m$r%er of a score of men*
:I* No-' hear me men* Le" 5es$s +e release% an% le" Bara++as pay his %e+" $pon "he cross( "hen yo$ can sen% "his 5es$s "o "he -il%s an%
hear no more of Him*>
::* A" -ha" "he r$ler sai% "he people -ere enra#e%' an% "hey +e#an "o plo" "o "ear "he Roman palace %o-n an% %ri)e in e6ile Pila"e' an% his
ho$sehol% an% his #$ar%s*
:<* !hen Pila"e -as ass$re% "ha" ci)il -ar -o$l% follo- if he hee%e% no" "he -ishes of "he mo+' he "oo, a +o-l of -a"er an% in "he presence
of "he m$l"i"$%e he -ashe% his han%s an% sai%C
:D* >This man -hom yo$ acc$se is Son of "he Mos" Hi#h Allah' an% I proclaim my innocence*
:E* If yo$ -o$l% she% His +loo%' His +loo% is on yo$r han%s an% no" on mine*>
:F* An% "hen "he 5e-s e6claime%C >An% le" His +loo% +e on o$r han%s an% on o$r chil%ren3s han%s*>
:G* An% Pila"e "rem+le% li,e a leaf' in fear* Bara++as he release%' an% as "he Lor% s"oo% for"h +efore "he mo+' "he r$ler sai%C >Behol% yo$r
Kin#A An% -o$l% yo$ p$" "o %ea"h yo$r Kin#?>
:=* The 5e-s replie%' >He is no Kin#( -e ha)e no Kin# +$" #rea" Ti+eri$s*>
:H* No-' Pila"e -o$l% no" #i)e consen" "ha" Roman sol%iers sho$l% im+$e "heir han%s in +loo% of innocence an% so "he chief pries"s an% "he
Pharisees "oo, co$nsel -ha" "o %o -i"h 5es$s*
:;* .aiaphas has sai%C >!e canno" cr$cify "his man( he m$s" +e s"one% "o %ea"h an% no"hin# more*>
<I* An% "hen "he ra++le sai%C >Ma,e has"eA le" Him +e s"one%*> An% "hen "hey le% Him for"h "o-ar% "he hill +eyon% "he ci"y3s #a"es' -here
criminals -ere p$" "o %ea"h*
<:* The ra++le co$l% no" -ai" $n"il "hey reache% "he place of s,$lls* As soon as "hey ha% passe% "he ci"y3s #a"es' "hey r$she% $pon Him'
smo"e Him -i"h "heir han%s' "hey spi" $pon Him' s"one% Him an% He fell $pon "he #ro$n%*
<<* An% one' a man of Allah' s"oo% for"h an% sai%C >Isaiah sai%' He shall +e +r$ise% for o$r "rans#ressions an% +y His s"ripes -e shall +e
heale%*>
<D* As 5es$s lai% all +r$ise% an% man#le% on "he #ro$n% a Hi#h Pries" calle% o$"' >S"ay' s"ay yo$ menA Behol% "he #$ar%s of Hero% come an%
"hey -ill cr$cify "his man*>
<E* An% "here +esi%e "he ci"y3s #a"e "hey fo$n% Bara++as3 cross' an% "hen "he fren1ie% mo+ crie% o$"' >Le" him +e cr$cifie%*>
<F* .aiaphas an% "he o"her r$lin# 5e-s came for"h an% #a)e consen"*
<G* An% "hen "hey lif"e% 5es$s from "he #ro$n%' an% a" "he poin" of s-or%s "hey %ro)e Him on*
<=* A man name% Simon' from .yrene' a frien% of 5es$s' -as near "he scene' an% since "he +r$ise% an% -o$n%e% 5es$s co$l% no" +ear His
cross' "hey lai% i" on "he sho$l%ers of "his man an% ma%e him +ear i" on "o .al)ary*
.HAPTER 7VII
5es$s Appears' /$lly Ma"eriali1e%' Before Apollo an% "he Silen" Bro"herhoo% In &reece44Appears "o .la$%ia an% 5$lie" n "he Ti+er Near
Rome44Appears "o "he Pries" In "he E#yp"ian Temple a" Heliopolis*
:* Apollo' -i"h "he Silen" Bro"herhoo% of &reece' -as si""in# in a Delphian #ro)e* The racle ha% spo,en lo$% an% lon#*
<* The pries"s -ere in "he sanc"$ary an% as "hey loo,e% "he racle +ecame a +la1e of li#h"( i" seeme% "o +e on fire' an% all cons$me%*
D* The pries"s -ere fille% -i"h fear* They sai%C >A #rea" %isas"er is "o come( o$r #o%s are ma%( "hey ha)e %es"roye% o$r racle*
E* B$" -hen "he flames ha% spen" "hemsel)es' a man s"oo% on "he racle3s pe%es"al an% sai%C
F* >Allah spea,s "o man' no" +y an oracle of -oo% an% #ol%' +$" +y "he )oice of man*>
G* >The #o%s ha)e spo,en "o "he &ree,s' an% ,in%re% "on#$es' "hro$#h ima#es ma%e +y man' +$" Allah "he ne' no- spea,s "o man "hro$#h
5es$s "he only Son' -ho -as' an% is an% e)ermore -ill +e*
=* This racle shall fail( "he li)in# racle of Allah' "he ne' -ill no" fail*>
H* Apollo ,ne- "he man -ho spo,e( he ,ne- i" -as "he Na1arene -ho once ha% "a$#h" "he -ise men in "he Acropolis an% ha% re+$,e% "he
i%ol -orshipers $pon "he A"hens3 +each*
;* An% in a momen" 5es$s s"oo% +efore Apollo an% "he Silen" Bro"herhoo% an% sai%C
:I* >Behol%' for I ha)e risen from "he %ea% -i"h #if"s for men* I +rin# "o yo$ "he "i"le of yo$r )as" es"a"e*
::* All po-er in hea)en an% ear"h is mine( "o yo$ I #i)e all po-er in hea)en an% ear"h*
:<* &o for"h an% "each "he na"ions of "he ear"h "he &ospel of "he res$rrec"ion of "he %ea% an% of e"ernal life "hro$#h 5es$s' "he lo)e of Allah
ma%e manifes" "o men*>
:D* An% "hen he claspe% Apollo3s han% an% sai%C >My h$man flesh -as chan#e% "o hi#her form +y lo)e %i)ine an% I can manifes" in flesh or in
"he hi#her planes of life a" -ill*
:E* !ha" I can %o all men can %o* &o "each "he &ospel of "he mnipo"ence of man*>
:F* Then 5es$s %isappeare%( +$" &reece an% .re"e an% all "he na"ions hear%*
:G* .la$%as an% 5$lie"' his -ife' li)e% on "he Pala"ine in Rome an% "hey -ere ser)an"s of Ti+eri$s( +$" "hey ha% +een in &alilee*
:=* Ha% -al,e% -i"h 5es$s +y "he sea' ha% hear% His -or%s an% seen His po-er( an% "hey +elie)e% "ha" He -as 5es$s ma%e manifes"*
:H* No- .la$%as an% his -ife -ere on "he Ti+er in a li""le +oa"( a s"orm s-ep" from "he sea' "he +oa" -as -rec,e% an% .la$%as an% his -ife
-ere sin,in# %o-n "o %ea"h*
:;* An% 5es$s came an% "oo, "hem +y "he han%s an% sai%C >.la$%as an% 5$ie"' arise an% -al, -i"h me $pon "he -a)es*>
<I* An% "hey arose an% -al,e% -i"h him $pon "he -a)es*
<:* A "ho$san% people sa- "hree -al, on "he -a)es' an% sa- "hem reach "he lan%' an% "hey -ere all ama1e%*
<<* An% 5es$s sai%C >Yo$ men of Rome' I am "he res$rrec"ion an% "he life* They "ha" are %ea% shall li)e' an% many "ha" shall li)e -ill ne)er %ie*
<D* By mo$"h of #o%s an% %emi4#o%s Allah spo,e $n"o yo$r fa"hers lon# a#o( +$" no- He spea,s "o yo$ "hro$#h perfec" man*>
<E* >He sen" His son' 5es$s' in h$man flesh "o sa)e "he -orl%' an% as I lif"e% from "he -a"ery #ra)e an% sa)e% "hese ser)an"s of Ti+eri$s*
<I* So 5es$s -ill lif" "he sons an% %a$#h"ers of "he h$man race' yea e)ery one of "hem' from %ar,ness an% from #ra)es of carnal "hin#s' "o
li#h" an% e)erlas"in# life*
<G* I am "he manifes" of lo)e raise% from "he %ea%( Behol% my han%s' my fee"' my si%e -hich carnal men ha)e pierce%*
<=* .la$%as an% 5$lie" -hom I ha)e sa)e% from %ea"h' are my am+assa%ors "o Rome*
<H* An% "hey -ill poin" "he -ay an% preach "he #ospel of "he Holy Brea"h an% "he res$rrec"ion of "he %ea%*>
<;* An% "ha" -as all he sai%' +$" Rome an% all of I"aly hear%*
DI* The pries"s of Heliopolis -ere in "heir "emple me" "o cele+ra"e "he res$rrec"ion of "heir +ro"her Na1ari"e( "hey ,ne- "ha" he ha% risen
from "he %ea%*
D:* The Na1ari"e appeare% an% s"oo% $pon a sacre% pe%es"al on -hich no man ha% e)er s"oo%*
D<* This -as an honor "ha" ha% +een reser)e% for him -ho firs" -o$l% %emons"ra"e "he res$rrec"ion of "he %ea%*
DD* An% 5es$s -as "he firs" of all "he h$man race "o %emons"ra"e "he res$rrec"ion of "he %ea%*
DE* !hen 5es$s s"oo% $pon "he sacre% pe%es"al "he mas"ers s"oo% an% sai%' >All hailA> The #rea" +ells of "he "emple ran# an% all "he "emple
-as a+la1e -i"h li#h"*
DF* An% 5es$s sai%C >All honor "o "he mas"ers of "his Temple of "he S$n*
DG* In flesh of man "here is "he essence of "he res$rrec"ion of "he %ea%* This essence 8$ic,ene% +y "he Holy Brea"h' -ill raise "he s$+s"ance
of "he Bo%y "o a hi#her "one'
D=* An% ma,e i" li,e "he s$+s"ance of "he +o%ies of "he planes a+o)e' -hich h$man eyes canno" +ehol%*
DH* There is a holy minis"ry in %ea"h* The essence of "he +o%y canno" +e 8$ic,ene% +y "he Holy Brea"h $n"il "he fi6e% is sol)e%( "he +o%y
m$s" %isin"e#ra"e' an% "his is %ea"h*
D;* An% "hen $pon "hese plian" s$+s"ances Allah +rea"hes' 9$s" as he +rea"he% $pon "he chaos of "he %eep -hen -orl%s -ere forme%*
EI* An% life sprin#s for"h from %ea"h( "he carnal form is chan#e% "o form %i)ine*
E:* The -ill of man ma,es possi+le "he ac"ion of "he Holy Brea"h* !hen -ill of man an% -ill of Allah are one' "he res$rrec"ion is a fac"*
E<* In "his -e ha)e "he chemis"ry of mor"al life' "he minis"ry of %ea"h' "he mys"ery of %eific life*
ED* My h$man life -as -holly #i)en "o +rin# my -ill "o "$ne -i"h "he %eific -ill( -hen "his -as %one my ear"h4"as,s all -ere %one*
EE* An% yo$' my +ro"her' ,no- f$ll -ell "he foes I ha% "o mee"( yo$ ,no- a+o$" my )ic"ories in &e"hsemane( my "rials in "he co$r"s of men(
my %ea"h $pon "he cross*
EF* Yo$ ,no- "ha" all my life -as one #rea" %rama for "he sons of men( a pa""ern for "he sons of men* I li)e% "o sho- "he possi+ili"ies of man*
EG* !ha" I ha)e %one all men can %o' an% -ha" I am all men shall +e*>
E=* The mas"ers loo,e%( "he form $pon "he sacre% pe%es"al ha% #one' +$" e)ery "emple pries"' an% e)ery li)in# crea"$re sai%C >Praise Allah*>
.HAPTER 7VIII
The Res$rrec"ion of 5es$s44Pila"e Places "he Roman Seal 0pon "he S"one Door f "he Tom+44A" Mi%4ni#h" a .ompany f "he Silen" Bro"hers
March A+o$" "he Tom+44The Sol%iers Are Alarme%445es$s Preaches To "he Spiri"s In Prison44Early S$n%ay Mornin# He Rises /rom "he
Tom+44The Sol%iers Are Bri+e% By "he Pries"s To Say Tha" "he Disciples Ha% S"olen "he Bo%y*
:*The "om+ in -hich "hey lai% "he +o%y of "he Lor% -as in a #ar%en' rich -i"h flo-ers' "he #ar%en of Saloam' an% 5oseph3s home -as near*
<* Before "he -a"ch +e#an .aiaphas sen" a company of pries"s o$" "o "he #ar%en of Saloam "ha" "hey mi#h" +e ass$re% "ha" 5es$s3 +o%y -as
-i"hin "he "om+*
D* They rolle% a-ay "he s"one( "hey sa- "he +o%y "here' an% "hen "hey place% "he s"one a#ain +efore "he %oor*
E* An% Pila"e sen" his scri+e -ho place% $pon "he s"one "he seal of Rome' in s$ch a -ay "ha" he -ho mo)e% "he s"one -o$l% +rea, "he seal*
F* To +rea, "his Roman seal mean" %ea"h "o him -ho +ro,e "he seal*
G* The 5e-ish sol%iers all -ere s-orn "o fai"hf$lness( an% "hen "he -a"ch +e#an*
=* A" mi%ni#h" all -as -ell' +$" s$%%enly "he "om+ +ecame a +la1e of li#h"' an% %o-n "he #ar%en -al, a "ro$pe of -hi"e cla% sol%iers
marche% in sin#le file*
H* They came $p "o "he "om+ an% marche% an% co$n"ermarche% +efore "he %oor*
;* The 5e-ish sol%iers -ere aler"( "hey "ho$#h" His frien%s ha% come "o s"eal "he +o%y of "he Na1arene* The cap"ain of "he #$ar% crie% o$" "o
char#e*
:I* They char#e%( +$" no" a -hi"e cla% sol%ier fell* They %i% no" e)en s"op( "hey marche% an% co$n"ermarche% amon# "he fri#h"ene% men*
::* They s"oo% $pon "he Roman seal( "hey %i% no" spea, ( "hey $nshea"he% no" "heir s-or%s( i" -as "he Silen" Bro"herhoo%*
:<* The 5e-ish sol%iers fle% in fear( "hey fell $pon "he #ro$n%*
:D* They s"oo% apar" $n"il "he -hi"e cla% sol%iers marche% a-ay' an% "hen "he li#h" a+o$" "he "om+ #re- %im*
:E* Then' "hey re"$rne%( "he s"one -as in i"s place( "he seal -as no" %is"$r+e%' an% "hey res$me% "heir -a"ch*
:F* No-' 5es$s %i% no" sleep -i"hin "he "om+* The +o%y is "he manifes" of so$l( +$" so$l is -i"ho$" i"s manifes"*
:G* An% in "he realm of so$ls' $nmanifes"' "he Lor% -en" for"h an% "a$#h"*
:=* He opene% $p "he prison %oors an% se" "he prisoners free*
:H* He +ro,e "he chains of cap"i)e so$ls' an% le% "he cap"i)es "o "he li#h"*
:;* He sa" in co$ncil -i"h "he pa"riarchs an% prophe"s of "he ol%en "imes*
<I* The mas"ers of all "imes an% climes He me"' an% in "he #rea" assem+lies he s"oo% for"h an% "ol% "he s"ory of His life on ear"h' an% of his
%ea"h in sacrifice for man'
<:* An% of his promises "o clo"he himself a#ain in #ar+ of flesh an% -al, -i"h his %isciples' 9$s" "o pro)e "he possi+ili"ies of man*
<<* To #i)e "o "hem "he ,ey of life' of %ea"h an% of "he res$rrec"ion of "he %ea%*
<D* In co$ncil all "he mas"ers sa" an% "al,e% a+o$" "he re)ela"ions of "he comin# a#e'
<E* !hen she' "he Holy Brea"h' shall fill "he ear"h an% air -i"h holy +rea"h' an% open $p "he -ay of man "o perfec"ness an% en%less life*
<F* The #ar%en of Saloam -as silen" on "he Sa++a"h %ay* The 5e-ish sol%iers -a"che% an% no one else approache% "he "om+( +$" on "he
follo-in# ni#h" "he scene -as chan#e%*
<G* A" mi%ni#h" e)ery 5e-ish sol%ier hear% a )oice -hich sai%* >A%on Mashich .$mi'> -hich mean"C >Lor% 5es$s arise*
<=* An% "hey s$ppose% a#ain "he frien%s of 5es$s -ere aler"' -ere comin# $p "o "a,e "he +o%y of "heir Lor% a-ay*
<H* The sol%iers -ere aler" -i"h s-or%s $nshea"he% an% %ra-n' an% "hen "hey hear% "he -or%s a#ain*
<;* I" seeme% as "ho$#h "he )oice -as e)ery-here' an% ye" "hey sa- no man*
DI* The sol%iers +lanche% -i"h fear' an% s"ill "o flee mean" %ea"h for co-ar%ice' an% so "hey s"oo% an% -a"che%*
D:* A#ain' an% "his -as 9$s" +efore "he s$n arose' "he hea)ens +la1e% -i"h li#h"C a %is"an" "h$n%er seeme% "o heral% for"h a comin# s"orm*
D<* An% "hen "he ear"h +e#an "o 8$a,e an% in "he rays of li#h" "hey sa- a form %escen% from hea)en* They sai%C >Behol%' an an#el comes*>
DD* An% "hen "hey hear% a#ainC >A%on Mashich .$mi*>
DE* An% "hen "he -hi"e4ro+e% form "rampe% on "he Roman seal' an% "hen he "ore i" in"o shre%s' he "oo, "he mi#h"y s"one in his han% as
"ho$#h i" -ere a pe++le from "he +roo,' an% cas" i" "o "he si%e*
DF* An% 5es$s opene% $p His eyes an% sai%' >All hail "he risin# s$n( "he comin# of "he %ay of ri#h"eo$snessA>
DG* An% "hen He fol%e% $p His +$rial #o-n' His hea% +an%s an% His co)erin#s an% lai% "hem all asi%e*
D=* He arose' an% for a momen" s"oo% +esi%e "he -hi"e4ro+e% form*
DH* The -ea,er sol%iers fell "o "he #ro$n%' an% hi% "heir faces in "heir han%s( "he s"ron#er s"oo% an% -a"che%*
D;* They sa- "he +o%y of "he Na1arene "ransm$"e* They sa- i" chan#e from mor"al "o immor"al form' an% "hen i" %isappeare%*
EI* The sol%iers hear% a )oice from some-here( yea' from e)ery-here' i" sai%C
E:* >Peace' peace on ear"h( #oo% -ill "o men*>
E<* They loo,e%' "he "om+ -as emp"y an% "he Lor% ha% risen as He sai%*
ED* The sol%iers has"ene% "o 5er$salem' an% "o "he pries"s' an% sai%C
EE* >Behol% "he Na1arene has risen as He sai%( "he "om+ is emp"y an% "he +o%y of "he man is #one( -e ,no- no" -here i" is*> An% "hen "hey
"ol% a+o$" "he -on%ers of "he ni#h"*
EF* .aiaphas calle% a co$ncil of "he 5e-s' he sai%C>The ne-s m$s" no" #o for"h "ha" 5es$s has arisen from "he %ea%*
EG* /or if i" %oes' all men -ill sayC >He is "he son of Allah' an% all o$r "es"imonials -ill +e pro)en false*>
E=* An% "hen "hey calle% "he h$n%re% sol%iers in an% sai% "o "hemC
EH* >Yo$ ,no- no" -here "he +o%y of "he Na1arene is res"in# no-' so if yo$ -ill #o for"h an% say "ha" His %isciples came an% s"ole "he +o%y
-hile yo$ slep"'
E;* Each one of yo$ shall ha)e a sil)er piece' an% -e -ill ma,e i" ri#h" -i"h Pila"e for +rea,in# of "he Roman seal*>
FI* The sol%iers %i% as "hey -ere pai% "o %o*
.HAPTER 7I7
5es$s Appears' /$lly Ma"erialise%' To "he Eas"ern Sa#es In "he Palace f Prince Ra)anna In In%ia44To "he Ma#ian Pries"s In Persia*44The Three
!ise Men Spea, In Praise f "he Personali"y f "he Na1arene*
:* Ra)anna' prince of In%ia' #a)e a feas"* His palace in rissa -as "he place -here men of "ho$#h" from all "he far"her Eas" -ere -on" "o
mee"*
<* Ra)anna -as "he prince -i"h -hom "he chil% 5es$s -en" "o In%ia -i"h -hen "-el)e years ol%*
D* The feas" -as ma%e in honor of "he -ise men of "he Eas"*
E* Amon# "he #$es"s -ere Men#s"e' Vi%yapa"i an% Lamaas*
F* The -ise men sa" a+o$" "he "a+le "al,in# of "he nee%s of In%ia an% "he -orl%*
G* The %oor $n"o "he +an8$e" hall -as in "he Eas"( a )acan" chair -as a" "he "a+le "o "he Eas"*
=* An% as "he -ise men "al,e% a s"ran#er en"ere%' $nanno$nce%' an% raisin# $p his han%s in +ene%ic"ion sai%' >All hailA>
H* A halo res"e% on his hea%' an% li#h"' $nli,e "he li#h" of s$n' fille% all "he room*
@;*The -ise men rose an% +o-e% "heir hea%s an% sai%' >All hailA>B
:I* An% 5es$s sa" %o-n in "he )acan" chair( an% "hen "he -ise men ,ne- i" -as "he 5e-ish Prophe" -ho ha% come*
::* An% 5es$s sai%C >Behol%' for I am risen from "he %ea%* Loo, a" my han%s' my fee"' my si%e*
:<* The Roman sol%iers pierce% my han%s an% fee" -i"h nails( an% "hen one pierce% my hear"*
:D* They p$" me in a "om+' an% "hen I -res"le% -i"h "he con8$eror of men* I con8$ere% %ea"h' I s"ampe% $pon him an% arose*
:E* Bro$#h" immor"ali"y "o li#h" an% pain"e% on "he -alls of "ime a rain+o- for "he sons of men( an% -ha" I %i% all men shall %o*
:F* This #ospel of "he res$rrec"ion of "he %ea% is no" confine% "o 5e- an% &ree,( i" is "he heri"a#e of e)ery man of e)ery "ime an% clime( an% I
am here a %emons"ra"or of "he po-er of man*>
:G* Then He arose an% presse% "he han% of e)ery man an% of "he royal hos"' an% sai%C
:=* >Behol%' I am no" my"h ma%e of "he flee"in# -in%s' for I am flesh an% +one an% +ra-n( +$" I can cross "he +or%erlan% a" -ill*>
:H* An% "hen "hey "al,e% "o#e"her "here a lon#' lon# "ime* Then 5es$s sai%C
:;* >I #o my -ay' +$" yo$ shall #o "o all "he -orl% an% "each "he #ospel of "he omnipo"ence of men' "he po-er of "r$"h' "he res$rrec"ion of
"he %ea%*
<I* He -ho +elie)es "his #ospel of "he son of man shall ne)er %ie( "he %ea% shall li)e a#ain*>
<:* Then 5es$s %isappeare%' +$" He ha% so-n "he see%* The -or%s of life -ere spo,en in rissa' an% all of In%ia hear%*
<<* The Ma#ian pries"s -ere in "he silence in Persepolis' an% Kaspar' an% "he Ma#ian mas"ers' -ho -ere firs" "o #ree" "he chil% of promise in
"he shepher%3s home in Be"hlehem' -ere -i"h "he pries"s*
<D* An% 5es$s came an% sa" -i"h "hem( a cro-n of li#h" -as on His hea%*
<E* An% -hen "he silence en%e% Kaspar sai%C >A mas"er from "he Royal .o$ncil of "he Silen" Bro"herhoo% is here( le" $s #i)e praise*>
<F* An% all "he pries"s an% mas"ers s"oo% an% sai%C >All hailA !ha" messa#e from "he Royal .o$ncil %o yo$ +rin#?>
<G* An% 5es$s sai%C >My +ro"hers of "he Silen" Bro"herhoo%' peace' peace on ear"h' #oo% -ill "o menA
<=* The pro+lem of "he a#e has +een sol)e%( a son of man risen from "he %ea%( has sho-n "ha" h$man flesh can +e "ransforme% in"o flesh
%i)ine*
<H* Before "he eyes of men "his flesh in -hich I come "o yo$ -as chan#e% -i"h spee% of li#h" from h$man flesh* An% so I am "he messa#e
"ha" I +rin# "o yo$*
<;* To yo$ I come' "he firs" of all "he race "o +e "ransm$"e% "o "he ima#e of Allah*
DI* !ha" I ha)e %one' all men -ill %o( an% -ha" I am' all men shall +e*>
D:* B$" 5es$s sai% no more* In one shor" +rea"h He "ol% "he s"ory of His mission "o "he sons of men' an% "hen He %isappeare%*
D<* The Ma#i sai%C >Some "ime a#o -e rea% "his promise' no- f$lfille%' $pon "he %ial pla"e of Hea)en*
DD* An% "hen -e sa- "his man -ho has 9$s" %emons"ra"e% $n"o $s "he po-er of man "o raise from carnal flesh an% +loo% "o flesh of Allah' a
+a+e in Be"hlehem*
DE* an% af"er many years He came an% sa" -i"h $s in "hese same #ro)es(
DF* He "ol% "he s"ory of His h$man life' of "rials' sore "emp"a"ions' +$ffe"in# an% -oes*
DG* He presse% alon# "he "horny -ay of life 3"ill He ha% risen an% o)er"hro-n "he s"ron#es" foes of Allah an% man( an% He is no- "he only
mas"er of "he h$man race -hose flesh has +een "ransm$"e% in"o flesh %i)ine*
D=* He is "he &o%4man of "o4%ay( +$" e)eryone of ear"h shall o)ercome an% +e li,e Him' a Son of Allah*
Epilo#$e for .hap"ers II47I7
These e)en"s occ$rre% +efore He -as "hir"y years of a#e' an% "he e)en"s af"er He ha% risen from "he %ea%* He appeare% +ac, "o In%ia' E$rope
an% Africa in "he lan% of E#yp"' an% ma%e himself ,no-n $n"o "he -orl%* These e)en"s are "he ei#h"een years -hich are a+sen" in yo$r >Holy
Bi+le*> The e)en"s of 5ohn "he Bap"is"* 5ohn "a$#h" +y "he E#yp"ian sa#e* The meanin# of +ap"ism an% ho- "o +ap"i1e himself* An% af"er he
-as +ap"i1e%' he -as "a,en a" "he a#e of "-el)e years in"o Africa' "he lan% of E#yp"' an% "here he remaine% in "he E#yp"ian schools ei#h"een
years* An% "here he learne% his %$"y as >fore4r$nner of 5es$s*>
.HAPTER 77
HLY INSTR0.TIN AND !ARNIN&S /R ALL Y0N& MEN
:* Be-are' yo$n# man' +e-are of all "he all$remen"s of -an"onness' an% le" no" "he harlo" "emp" "hee "o e6cess in her %eli#h"s*
<* The ma%ness of %esire shall %efea" i"s o-n p$rs$i"s( from "he +lin%ness of i"s ra#e' "ho$ shal" r$sh $pon %es"r$c"ion*
D* Therefore #i)e no" $p "hy hear" "o her s-ee" en"icemen"s' nei"her s$ffer "hy so$l "o +e ensla)e% +y her enchan"in# %el$sions
E* The fo$n"ain of heal"h -hich m$s" s$pply "he s"ream of pleas$re' shall 8$ic,ly +e %rie% $p' an% e)ery sprin# of 9oy shall +e e6ha$s"e%*
F* In "he prime of "hy life ol% a#e shall o)er"a,e "hee( "he s$n shall %ecline in "he mornin# of "hy %ays*
G* B$" -hen )ir"$e an% mo%es"y enli#h"en her charms' "he l$s"er of a +ea$"if$l -oman is +ri#h"er "han "he s"ars of Hea)en an% "he infl$ence
of her po-er i" is in )ain "o resis"*
=* The -hi"eness of her +osom "ranscen%e"h "he lily( her smile is more %elicio$s "han a #ar%en of roses*
H* The innocence of her eyes is li,e "ha" of "he "$r"le( simplici"y an% "r$"h %-ell in her hear"*
;* The ,isses of her mo$"h are s-ee"er "han honey( "he perf$mes of Ara+ia +rea"he from her lips*
:I* Sh$" no" "hy +osom "o "he "en%erness of lo)e( "he p$ri"y of i"s flame shall enno+le "hy hear"' an% sof"en i" "o recei)e "he faires"
impressions*
.HAPTER 77I
MARRIA&E INSTR0.TINS /R MAN AND !I/E /RM THE NBLE PRPHET
:* &i)e ear' fair %a$#h"er of lo)e' "o "he ins"r$c"ions of pr$%ence an% le" "he precep"s of "r$"h sin, %eep in "hy hear"( so shall "he charms of
"hy min% a%% l$s"er "o "he ele#ance of "hy form( an% "hy +ea$"y' li,e "he rose i" resem+le"h' shall re"ain i"s s-ee"ness -hen i"s +loom is
-i"here%*
<* In "he sprin# of "hy yo$"h' in "he mornin# of "hy %ays' -hen "he eyes of men #a1e on "hee -i"h %eli#h"' an% na"$re -hispere"h in "hine ear
"he meanin# of "heir loo,s( ah' hear -i"h ca$"ion "heir se%$cin# -or%s( #$ar% -ell "hy hear"' nor lis"en "o "heir sof" pers$asions*
D* Remem+er "ho$ ar" ma%e man3s reasona+le companion' no" "he sla)e of his passion( "he en% of "hy +ein# is no" merely "o #ra"ify his loose
%esire( +$" "o assis" him in "he "oils of life' "o soo"he his hear" -i"h "hy "en%erness an% recompense his care -i"h sof" en4%earmen"s*
E* !ho is she "ha" -inne"h "he hear" of man' "ha" s$+%$e"h him "o lo)e' an% rei#ne"h in his +reas"?
F* LoA Yon%er she -al,e"h in mai%en s-ee"ness' -i"h innocence in her min%' an% mo%es"y on her chee,*
G* Her han% see,e"h employmen"' her foo" %eli#h"e"h no" in #a%%in# a+roa%*
=* She is clo"he% -i"h nea"ness' she is fe% -i"h "emperance( h$mili"y an% mee,ness are as a cro-n of #lory circlin# her hea%*
H* n her "on#$e %-elle"h m$sic' "he s-ee"ness of honey flo-e"h from her lips* Decency is in all her -or%s' in her ans-ers are mil%ness an%
"r$"h*
;* S$+mission an% o+e%ience are "he lessons of her life' an% peace an% happiness are her re-ar%*
:I* Before her s"eps -al,e"h pr$%ence' an% )ir"$e a""en%e"h a" her ri#h" han%*
::* Her eye spea,e"h sof"ness an% lo)e' +$" %iscre"ion -i"h a scep"re si""e"h on her +ro-*
:<* The "on#$e of "he licen"io$s is %$m+ in her presence( "he a-e of her )ir"$e ,eepe"h him silen"*
:D* !hen scan%al is +$sy' an% "he fame of her nei#h+ors is "osse% from "on#$e "o "on#$e( if chari"y an% #oo% na"$re open no" her mo$"h'
"he fin#er of silence res"e"h on her lip*
:E* Her +reas" is "he mansion of #oo%ness' an% "herefore she s$spec"e"h no e)il of o"hers*
:F* Happy -ere "he man "ha" sho$l% ma,e her his -ife( happy "he chil% "ha" sho$l% call her mo"her*
:G* She presi%e"h in "he ho$se' an% "here is peace( she comman%e"h -i"h 9$%#men"' an% is o+eye%*
:=* She arise"h in "he mornin#' she consi%ers her affairs' an% appoin"e"h "o e)ery one "heir proper +$siness*
:H* The care of her family is her -hole %eli#h"( "o "ha" alone she applie"h her s"$%y( an% ele#ance -i"h fr$#ali"y is seen in her mansion*
:;* The pr$%ence of her mana#emen" is an honor "o her h$s+an%' he heare"h her praise -i"h a secre" %eli#h"*
<I* She informe"h "he min%s of her chil%ren -i"h -is%om( she fashione"h "heir manners from "he e6amples of her o-n #oo%ness*
<:* The -or%s of her mo$"h is "he la- of "heir yo$"h( "he mo"ion of her eye comman%e"h "heir o+e%ience*
<<* She spea,e"h' an% "he ser)an"s fly( she poin"e"h' an% "he "hin# is %one( for "he la- of lo)e is in "heir hear"s' an% her ,in%ness a%%e"h
-in#s "o "heir fee"*
<D* In prosperi"y she is no" p$ffe% $p( in a%)ersi"y she heale"h "he -o$n%s of for"$ne -i"h pa"ience*
<E* The "ro$+les of her h$s+an% are alle)ia"e% +y her co$ncils an% s-ee"ene% +y her en%earmen"s( he p$""e"h his hear" in her +osom' an%
recei)e"h comfor"*
<F* Happy is "he man "ha" has ma%e her his -ife( happy "he chil% "ha" call her mo"her*
.HAPTER 77II
D0TY / A H0SBAND
:* Ta,e $n"o "hyself a -ife an% o+ey "he or%inance of Allah( "a,e $n"o "hyself a -ife' an% +ecome a fai"hf$l mem+er of socie"y*
<* B$" e6amine -i"h care' an% fi6 no" s$%%enly* n "hy presen" choice %epen%s "hy f$"$re happiness*
D* If m$ch of her "ime is %es"roye% in %ress an% a%ornmen"( if she is enamore% -i"h her o-n +ea$"y' an% %eli#h"e% -i"h her o-n praise( if
she la$#he"h m$ch' an% "al,e"h lo$%( if her foo" a+i%e"h no" in her fa"her3s ho$se' an% her eyes -i"h +ol%ness ro)e on "he faces of men(
"ho$#h her +ea$"y -ere as "he s$n in "he firmamen" of hea)en' "$rn "hy face from her charms' "$rn "hy fee" from her pa"hs' an% s$ffer no"
"hy so$l "o +e ensnare% +y "he all$remen"s of ima#ina"ion*
E* B$" -hen "ho$ fin%es" sensi+ili"y of hear"' 9oine% -i"h sof"ness of manners( an% accomplishe% min%' -i"h a form a#reea+le "o "hy fancy(
"a,e her home "o "hy ho$se( she is -or"hy "o +e "hy frien%' "hy companion in life' "he -ife of "hy +osom*
F* cherish her as a +lessin# sen" "o "hee from Hea)en* Le" "he ,in%ness of "hy +eha)ior en%ear "hee "o her hear"*
G* She is "he mis"ress of "hy ho$se( "rea" her "herefore -i"h respec"' "ha" "hy ser)an"s may o+ey her*
=* ppose no" her inclina"ion -i"ho$" ca$se( she is "he par"ner of "hy cares' ma,e her also "he companion of "hy pleas$res*
H* Repro)e her fa$l"s -i"h #en"leness' e6ac" no" her o+e%ience -i"h ri#or*
;* Tr$s" "hy secre"s in her +reas"( her co$nsels are sincere' "ho$ shal" no" +e %ecei)e%*
:I* Be fai"hf$l "o her +e%( for she is mo"her of "hy chil%ren*
::* !hen pain an% sic,ness assa$l" her' le" "hy "en%erness soo"he her afflic"ion( a loo, from "hee of pi"y an% lo)e shall alle)ia"e her #rief' or
ins"i#a"e her pain an% +e of more a)ail "han "en physicians*
:<* .onsi%er "he "en%erness of her se6' "he %elicacy of her frame( an% +e no" se)ere "o her -ea,ness' +$" remem+er "hine o-n
imperfec"ions*
.HAPTER 77III
HLY INSTR0.TINS /R THY .HILDREN
:* .onsi%er' "ho$ ar" a paren"' "he impor"ance of "hy "r$s"( "he +ein# "ho$ has" pro%$ce%' i" is "hy %$"y "o s$ppor"*
<* 0pon "hee also i" %epen%e"h -he"her "he chil% of "hy +osom +e a +lessin# or a c$rse "o "hyself( an $sef$l or a -or"hless mem+er "o "he
comm$ni"y*
D* Prepare him early -i"h ins"r$c"ion' an% season his min% -i"h "he ma6ims of "r$"h*
E* !a"ch "he +en" of his inclina"ions' se" him ri#h" in his yo$"h an% le" no e)il ha+i" #ain s"ren#"h -i"h his years*
F* So shall he rise li,e a ce%ar on "he mo$n"ains( his hea% shall +e seen a+o)e "he "rees of "he fores"*
G* A -ic,e% son is a reproach "o his fa"her( +$" he "ha" %o"h ri#h" is an honor "o his #rey hairs*
=* The soil is "hine o-n' le" i" no" -an" c$l"i)a"ion( "he see% -hich "ho$ so-e"h' "ha" also shall "ho$ reap*
H* Teach him o+e%ience' an% he shall +less "hee( "each him mo%es"y' an% he shall no" +e ashame%*
;* Teach him #ra"i"$%e' an% he shall recei)e +enefi"s( "each him chari"y' an% he shall #ain lo)e*
:I* Teach him "emperance' an% he shall ha)e heal"h( "each him pr$%ence' an% for"$ne shall a""en% him*
::* Teach him 9$s"ice' an% he shall +e honore% +y "he -orl%( "each him sinceri"y' an% his o-n hear" shall no" reproach him*
:<* Teach him %ili#ence' an% his -eal"h shall increase( "each him +ene)olence' an% his min% shall +e e6al"e%*
:D* Teach him science' an% his life shall +e $sef$l( "each him reli#ion' an% his %ea"h shall +e happy*
.HAPTER 77IV
THE BEDIEN.E / .HILDREN T!ARDS THEIR /ATHER
:* /rom "he secre"s of Allah le" man learn -is%om' an% apply "o himself "he ins"r$c"ion "hey #i)e*
<* &o "o "he %eser"' my son( o+ser)e "he yo$n# s"or, of "he -il%erness( le" him spea, "o "hy hear"( he +eare"h on his -in#s his a#e% sire( he
lo%#e"h him in safe"y' an% s$pplie"h him -i"h foo%*
D* The pie"y of a chil% is s-ee"er "han "he incense of Persia offerin# "o "he s$n( yea' more %elicio$s "han o%ors -af"e% from a fiel% of Ara+ian
spices of "he -es"ern #ales*
E* Be #ra"ef$l "o "hy fa"her' for he #a)e "hee life an% "o "hy mo"her' for she s$s"aine% "hee*
F* Hear "he -or%s of his mo$"h' for "hey are spo,en for "hy #oo%( #i)e ear "o his a%moni"ion' for i" procee%e"h from lo)e*
G* He ha"h -a"che% for "hy -elfare' he ha"h "oile% for "hy ease( %o honor "herefore "o his a#e' an% le" no" his #rey hairs +e "rea"e% -i"h
irre)erence*
=* /or#e" no" "hy helpless infancy' nor "he for-ar%ness of "hy yo$"h' an% in%$l#e "he infirmi"ies of "hy a#e% paren"s( assis" an% s$ppor" "hem
in "he %ecline of life*
H* So shall "heir hoary hea%s #o %o-n "o "he #ra)e in peace( an% "hine o-n chil%ren' in re)erence of "hy e6ample' shall repay "hy pie"y -i"h
filial lo)e*
.HAPTER 77V
A HLY .VENANT / THE ASIATI. NATIN
:* Ye are "he chil%ren of one fa"her' pro)i%e% for +y his care( an% "he +reas" of one mo"her ha"h #i)en yo$ s$c,*
<* Le" "he +on%s of affec"ion' "herefore' $ni"e "hee -i"h "hy +ro"hers' "ha" peace an% happiness may %-ell in "hy fa"her3s ho$se*
D* An% -hen ye separa"e in "he -orl%' remem+er "he rela"ion "ha" +in%e"h yo$ "o lo)e an% $ni"y( an% prefer no" a s"ran#er +efore "hy o-n
+loo%*
E* If "hy +ro"her is in a%)ersi"y' assis" him( if "hy sis"er is in "ro$+le' forsa,e her no"*
F* So shall "he for"$nes of "hy fa"her con"ri+$"e "o "he s$ppor" of his -hole race( an% his care +e con"in$e% "o yo$ all' in yo$r lo)e "o each
o"her*
.HAPTER 77VI
HLY INSTR0.TINS / 0NITY
:* The #if"s of "he $n%ers"an%in# are "he "reas$res of Allah( an% He appoin"e% "o e)ery one his por"ion' in -ha" meas$re seeme"h #oo% $n"o
Himself*
<* Ha"h He en%o-e% "hee -i"h -is%om? Ha"h He enli#h"ene% "hy min% -i"h "he ,no-le%#e of "r$"h? .omm$nica"e i" "o "he i#noran"' for "heir
ins"r$c"ion( comm$nica"e i" "o "he -ise' for "hine o-n impro)emen"*
D* Tr$e -is%om is less pres$min# "han folly* The -ise man %o$+"e"h of"en' an% chan#e"h his min%( "he fool is o+s"ina"e' an% %o$+"e"h no"(
he ,no-e"h all "hin#s' +$" his o-n i#norance*
E* The pri%e of emp"iness is an a+omina"ion( an% "o "al, m$ch' is "he foolishness of folly( ne)er"heless' i" is "he par" of -is%om "o hear -i"h
pa"ience "heir imper"inence' an% "o pi"y "heir a+s$r%i"y*
F* Ye" +e no" p$ffe% $p in "hine o-n concei"' nei"her +oas" of s$perior $n%ers"an%in#( "he cleares" h$man ,no-le%#e is +$" +lin%ness an%
folly*
G* The -ise man feele"h his imperfec"ions' an% is h$m+le%( he la+ore"h in )ain for his o-n appro+a"ion +$" "he fool peepe"h in "he sha%o-
s"ream of his o-n min%' an% is please% -i"h "he pe++les -hich he see"h a" "he +o""om( he +rin#e"h "hem $p an% sho-e"h "hem as pearls an%
-i"h "he appla$se of his +re"hren %eli#h"e"h himself*
=* He +oas"e"h of a""ainmen"s in "hin#s "ha" are of no -or"h( +$" -here i" is a shame "o +e i#noran"' "here he ha"h no $n%ers"an%in#*
H* E)en in "he pa"h of -is%om' he "oile"h af"er folly( an% shame an% %isappoin"men" are "he re-ar% of his la+or*
;* B$" "he -ise man c$l"i)a"es his min% -i"h ,no-le%#e( "he impro)emen" of "he ar"s is his %eli#h"' an% "heir $"ili"y "o "he p$+lic cro-ne"h
-i"h honor*
:I* Ne)er"heless' "he a""ainmen" of )ir"$e he acco$n"e"h as "he hi#hes" learnin#( an% "he science of happiness is "he s"$%y of his life*
.HAPTER 77VII
THE HLY 0NITY / THE RI.H AND THE PR
:* The man "o -hom Allah ha"h #i)en riches' an% +lesse% -i"h a min% "o employ "hem alri#h"' is pec$liarly fa)ore% an% hi#hly %is"in#$ishe%*
<* He loo,e"h on his -eal"h -i"h pleas$re' +eca$se i" affor%e"h him "he means "o %o #oo%*
D* He pro"ec"e"h "he poor "ha" are in9$re%( he s$ffere"h no" "he mi#h"y "o oppress "he -ea,*
E* He see,e"h o$" o+9ec"s of compassion( he in8$ire"h in"o "heir -an"s( he relie)e"h "hem -i"h 9$%#men"s an% -i"ho$" os"en"a"ion*
F* He assis"e"h an% re-ar%e"h meri"( he enco$ra#e in#en$i"y an% li+erally promo"e"h e)ery $sef$l %esi#n*
G* He carie"h his o-n #rea" -or,s( his co$n"ry is enriche%' an% "he la+or is employe%( he forme"h ne- schemes' an% "he ar"s recei)e
impro)emen"*
=* He consi%ers "he s$perfl$i"ies of his "a+le' as +elon#in# "o "he poor of his nei#h+orhoo%( an% he %efra$%e"h "hem no"*
H* The +ene)olence of his min% is no" chec,e% +y his for"$ne( he re9oice"h "herefore in riches' an% his 9oy is +lameless*
;* B$" -oe* $n"o him "ha" heape"h $p -eal"h in a+$n%ance' an% re9oice"h alone in "he possession "hereof( "ha" #rin%e"h "he face of "he poor'
an% consi%ere"h no" "he s-ea" of "heir +ro-sA
:I* He %ri)e"h on oppression' -i"ho$" feelin#( "he r$in of his +ro"her %is"$r+e"h him no"*
::* The "ears of "he orphan he %rin,e"h as mil,( "he cries of "he -i%o- are m$sic "o his ears*
:<* His hear" har%ene% -i"h "he lo)e of -eal"h( no #rief or %is"ress can ma,e impression $pon i"*
:D* B$" "he c$rse of ini8$i"y p$rs$e"h him( he li)e"h in con"in$al fear( "he an6ie"y of his min% an% "he rapacio$s %esires of his o-n so$l "a,e
)en#eance $pon him for "he calami"ies he has +ro$#h" $pon o"hers*
:E* hA !ha" are "he miseries of po)er"y in comparison -i"h "he #na-in#s of "his man3s hear"A
:F* Le" "he poor man comfor" himself' yes' re9oice( for he ha"h many reasons*
:G* He si""e"h %o-n "o his morsel in peace( his "a+le is no" cro-%e% -i"h fla""erers an% %e)o$rers*
:=* He is no" em+arrasse% -i"h a "rain of %epen%en"s' nor "ease% -i"h "he clamors of solici"a"ions*
:H* De+arre% from "he %ain"ies of "he rich' he escape"h also "heir %iseases*
:;* The +rea% "ha" he ea"e"h is no" so s-ee" "o his "as"e? The -a"er he %rin,e"h is no" so pleasan" "o his "hirs"? Yea' far more %elicio$s -a"er
"han "he riches" %ra$#h"s of "he l$6$rio$s*
<I* His la+or preser)e"h his heal"h' an% proc$re"h him a repose' "o -hich "he %o-ny +e% of slo"h is a s"ran#er*
<:* He limi"e"h his %esires -i"h h$mili"y' an% "he calm of con"en"men" is s-ee"er "o his so$l "han all "he ac8$iremen"s of -eal"h an%
#ran%e$r*
<<* Le" no" "he rich' "herefore' pres$me on his riches( nor "he poor in his po)er"y yiel% "o %espon%ence( for "he pro)i%ence of Allah
%ispense"h happiness "o "hem +o"h*
.HAPTER 77VIII
HLY INSTR0.TINS /RM THE PRPHET
MASTER AND SERVANT
:* Repine no"' I man' a" "he s"a"e of ser)i"$%e( i" is "he ap4poin"men" of Allah' an% ha"h many a%)an"a#es( i" remo)e"h "hee from cares an%
solici"$%es in life*
<* The honor of a ser)an" is his fi%eli"y( his hi#hes" )ir"$es are s$+mission an% o+e%ience*
D* Be pa"ien"' "herefore' $n%er "he reproofs of "hy mas"er( an% -hen he re+$,e"h "hee' ans-er no" a#ain* The silence of "hy resi#na4"ion shall
no" +e for#o""en*
E* Be s"$%io$s of his in"eres"s' +e %ili#en" in his affairs' an% fai"hf$l "o "he "r$s" -hich he repose"h in "hee*
F* Thy "ime an% "hy la+or +elon# $n"o him* Defra$% him no" "hereof' for he paye"h "hee for "hem*
G* An% "ho$ -ho ar" a mas"er' +e 9$s" "o "hy ser)an" if "ho$ e6pec"e"h from him fi%eli"y( an% reasona+le in "hy comman%s if "ho$ e6pec"e"h
rea%y o+e%ience*
=* The spiri" of a man is in him( se)eri"y an% ri#o$r may crea"e fear' +$" can ne)er comman% lo)e*
H* Mi6 ,in%ness -i"h reproof' an% reason -i"h a$"hori"y( so shall "hy a%moni"ions "a,e place in his hear"' an% his %$"y shall +e4come his
pleas$re*
;* He shall ser)e "hee fai"hf$lly from "he mo"i)e of #ra"i"$%e( he shall o+ey "hee cheerf$lly from "he principle of lo)e( an% fail "ho$ no"' in
re"$rn' "o #i)e his %ili#ence an% fi%eli"y "heir proper re-ar%*
.HAPTER 77I7
MA&ISTRATE AND S0B5E.T
:* I "ho$' "he fa)ori"e of Hea)en' -hom "he sons of men' "hy e8$als' ha)e a#ree% "o raise "o so)erei#n po-er an% se" as a r$ler o)er
"hemsel)es( consi%er "he en%s an% impor"ance of "heir "r$s"' fa6 more "han "he %i#ni"y an% hei#h" of "hy s"a"ion*
<* Tho$ ar" clo"he% in p$rple' an% sea"e% on a "hrone( "he cro-n of ma9es"y in)es"e"h "hy "emples' "he scep"re of po-er is place% in "hy han%(
+$" no" for "hyself -ere "hese ensi#ns #i)en( no" mean" for "hine o-n' +$" "he #oo% of "hy ,in#%om*
D* The #lory of a ,in# is "he -elfare of his people( his po-er an% %ominion res" on "he hear"s of his s$+9ec"s*
E* The min% of a #rea" prince is e6al"e% -i"h "he #ran%e$r of his si"$a"ion( he e)ol)e"h hi#h "hin#s' an% searche"h for +$siness -or"hy of his
po-er*
F* He calle"h "o#e"her "he -ise men of his ,in#%om( he cons$l"e"h amon# "hem -i"h free%om' an% heare"h "he opinions of "hem all*
G* He loo,e"h amon# his people -i"h %iscernmen"( he %isco)ere"h "he a+ili"ies of men' an% employe"h "hem accor%in# "o "heir meri"s*
=* His ma#is"ra"es are 9$s"' his minis"ers are -ise' an% "he fa)ori"e of his +osom %ecei)e"h him no"*
H* He smile"h on "he ar"s' an% "hey flo$rish( "he sciences impro)e +enea"h "he c$l"$re of his han%*
;* !i"h "he learne% an% in#enio$s he %eli#h"e"h himself( he ,in%le"h in "heir +reas"s em$la"ion( an% "he #lory of his ,in#%om is e6al"e% +y
"heir la+ors*
:I* The spiri" of "he merchan" -ho e6"en%e"h his commerce' "he s,ill of "he farmer -ho enriche"h his lan%s' "he in#en$i"y of "he ar"is"s' "he
impro)emen"s of "he scholar( all "hese he honore"h -i"h his fa)or' or re-ar%e"h -i"h his +o$n"y*
::* He plan"e"h ne- colonies' he +$il%e"h s"ron# ships' he opene"h ri)ers for con)enience' he forme"h har+ors for safe"y' his people a+o$n%
in riches' an% "he s"ren#"h of his ,in#%om increase"h*
:<* He frame"h his s"a"$"es -i"h e8$i"y an% -is%om( his s$+9ec"s en9oy "he fr$i"s of "heir la+or in sec$ri"y( an% "heir happiness consis"s of "he
o+ser)ance of "he la-*
:D* He fo$n%e"h his 9$%#men"s on "he principle of mercy( +$" in "he p$nishmen" of offen%ers' he is s"ric" an% impar"ial*
:E* His ears are open "o "he complain"s of his s$+9ec"s( he res"raine"h "he han%s of "heir oppressors' an% he %eli)ere"h "hem from "heir
"yranny*
:F* His people' "herefore' loo, $p "o him as a fa"her' -i"h re)erence an% lo)e( "hey consi%er him as "he #$ar%ian of all "hey en9oy*
:G* Their affec"ion $n"o him +e#e""e"h in his +reas" a lo)e of "he p$+lic( "he sec$ri"y of "heir happiness is "he o+9ec" of his care*
:=* No m$rm$rs a#ains" him arise in "heir hear"s( "he machina"ions of his enemies en%an#er no" "he s"a"e*
:H* His s$+9ec"s are fai"hf$l' an% firm in his ca$se( "hey s"an% in his %efense' as a -all of +rass( "he army of a "yran" flie"h +efore "hem' as
chaff +efore "he -in%*
:;* Sec$ri"y an% peace +less "he %-ellin# of his people( an% #lory an% s"ren#"h encircle his "hrone fore)er*
.HAPTER 777
HLY INSTR0.TIN /RM THE PRPHET
THE S.IAL D0TIES
:* !hen "ho$ consi%ere"h "hy -an"s' -hen "ho$ +ehol%e"h "hy imperfec"ions' ac,no-le%#e his #oo%ness' I son of h$mani"y' -ho honore%
"hee -i"h h$mani"y' en%o-e% "hee -i"h speech' an% place% "hee in socie"y "o recei)e an% confer reciprocal helps an% m$"$al o+li#a"ions'
pro"ec"ion from in9$ries' "hy en9oymen"s of "he comfor"s an% "he pleas$res of life( all "hese "ho$ o-e"h "o "he assis"ance of o"hers' an%
co$l%s" no" en9oy +$" in "he +an%s of socie"y*
<* I" is "hy %$"y' "herefore' "o +e a frien% "o man,in%' as i" is "hy in"eres" "ha" man sho$l% +e frien%ly "o "hee*
D* As "he rose +rea"he"h s-ee"ness from i"s o-n na"$re' so "he hear" of a +ene)olen" man pro%$ce"h #oo% -or,s*
E* He en9oye"h "he ease an% "ran8$ili"y of his o-n +reas"' an% re9oice"h in "he happiness an% prosperi"y of his nei#h+or
F* He opene"h no" his ear $n"o slan%er( "he fa$l"s an% "he failin#s of men #i)e a pain "o his hear"*
G* His %esire is "o %o #oo%' an% he researche"h o$" "he occasions "hereof( in remo)in# "he oppression of ano"her' he relie)e"h himself*
=* /rom "he lar#eness of his min%' he comprehen%e"h in his -ishes "he happiness of all men( an% from "he #enerosi"y of his hear"' he
en%ea)ore"h "o promo"e i"*
.HAPTER 777I
HLY INSTR0.TINS /RM THE PRPHET
50STI.E
:* The peace of socie"y %epen%e"h on 9$s"ice( "he happiness of in%i)i%$als' on "he safe en9oymen" of all "heir possessions*
<* Keep "he %esires of "hy hear"' "herefore' -i"hin "he +o$n%s of mo%era"ion( le" "he han% of 9$s"ice lea% "hem ari#h"*
D* .as" no" an e)il eye on "he #oo%s of "hy nei#h+or( le" -ha"e)er is his proper"y +e sacre% from "hy "o$ch*
E* Le" no "emp"a"ion all$re "hee' nor any pro)oca"ion e6ci"e "hee "o lif" $p "hy han% "o "he ha1ar% of his life*
F* Defame him no" in his charac"er( +ear no false -i"ness a#ains" him*
G* .orr$p" no" his ser)an" "o chea" or forsa,e him( an% "he -ife of his +osom' I "emp" no" "o sin*
=* I" -ill +e a #rief "o his hear"' -hich "ho$ cans" no" relie)e( an in9$ry "o his life' -hich no repara"ion can a"one*
H* In "hy %ealin#s -i"h men' +e impar"ial an% 9$s"( an% %o $n"o "hem as "ho$ -o$l%s" "hey sho$l% %o $n"o "hee*
;* Be fai"hf$l "o "hy "r$s"' an% %ecei)e no" "he man -ho relie"h $pon "hee( +e ass$re%' i" is less e)il in "he si#h" of Allah "o s"eal "han "o
+e"ray*
:I* ppress no" "he poor' an% %efra$% no" of his hire "he la+orin# man*
::* !hen "ho$ selle"h for #ain' hear "he -hisperin# of conscience' an% +e sa"isfie% -i"h mo%era"ion( nor from "he i#norance of "hy +$yer
"a,e any a%)an"a#e*
:<* Pay "he %e+"s -hich "ho$ o-e"hC for he -ho #a)e "hee cre%i"' relie"h $pon "hine honor( an% "o -i"hhol% from him his %$e' is +o"h mean
an% $n9$s"*
:D* /inally' I son of socie"y' e6amine "hy hear"' call remem+rance "o "hy ai%( an% if in any of "hese "hin#s "ho$ ha"h "rans#resse%' ma,e a
spee%y repara"ion' "o "he $"mos" of "hy po-er*
.HAPTER 777II
HLY INSTR0.TINS /RM THE PRPHET
.HARITY
:* Happy is "he man -ho ha"h so-n in his +reas" "he see%s of +ene)olenceC "he pro%$ce "hereof shall +e chari"y an% lo)e*
<* /rom "he fo$n"ain of his hear" shall rise ri)ers of #oo%ness( an% "he s"reams shall o)erflo-' for "he +enefi" of man,in%*
D* He assis"e"h "he poor in "heir "ro$+le( he re9oice"h in f$r"herin# "he prosperi"y of all men*
E* He cens$re"h no" his nei#h+or( he +elie)e"h no" "he "ales of en)y an% male)olence( nei"her repea"e"h he "heir slan%ers*
F* He for#i)e"h "he in9$ries of men' he -ipe"h "hem from his remem+rance( re)en#e an% malice ha)e no place in his hear"*
G* /or e)il he re"$rne"h no" e)il' he ha"e"h no" e)en his enemies' +$" re8$i"e"h "heir in9$s"ice -i"h a frien%ly a%moni"ion*
=* The #riefs an% an6ie"ies of men e6ci"e his compassion( he en%ea)ore"h "o alle)ia"e "he -ei#h" of "heir misfor"$nes' an% "he pleas$re of
s$ccess re-ar%e"h his la+or*
H* He calme"h "he f$ry' he heale"h "he 8$arrels of an#ry men' an% pre)en"e"h "he mischiefs of s"rife an% animosi"y*
;* He promo"e"h in his nei#h+orhoo% peace an% #oo% -ill' an% his name is repea"e% -i"h praise an% +ene%ic"ions*
.HAPTER 777III
HLY INSTR0.TINS /RM THE PRPHET
&RATIT0DE
:* As "he +ranches of a "ree re"$rn "heir sap "o "he roo"' from -hence i" arose( as a ri)er po$re"h i"s s"reams "o "he sea' -hence "he sprin#
-as s$pplie%( so "he hear" of a #ra"ef$l man %eli#h"e"h in re"$rnin# a +enefi" recie)e%*
<* He ac,no-le%#e"h his o+li#a"ion -i"h cheerf$lness' he loo,e"h on his +enefac"or -i"h lo)e an% es"eem*
D* An% if "o re"$rn i" +e no" in his po-er' he no$rishe"h "he memory of i" in his +reas" -i"h ,in%ness( he for#e""e"h i" no" all "he %ays of his
life*
E* The hear" of "he #ra"ef$l man is li,e "he clo$%s of hea)en -hich %rops $pon "he ea"h' fr$i"s' her+a#e an% flo-ers( +$" "he hear" of "he
$n#ra"ef$l is li,e a %eser" of san% -hich s-allo-e"h -i"h #ree%iness "he sho-ers "ha" fall' an% +$rie"h "hem in i"s +osom' an% pro%$ce"h
no"hin#*
F* En)y no" "hy +enefac"or' nei"her s"ri)e "o conceal "he +enefi" he ha"h conferre%( for "ho$#h "o o+li#e is +e""er "han "o +e o+li#e%' "ho$#h
"he ac" of #enerosi"y comman%e"h a%mira"ion' ye" "he h$mili"y "o$che"h "he hear"' an% is amia+le on "he si#h" +o"h of Allah an% man*
G* B$" recei)e no" a fa)or from "he han% of "he pro$%( "o "he selfish an% a)aricio$s ha)e no o+li#a"ion( "he )ani"y of pri%e shall e6pose "hee
"o shame( "he #ree%iness of a)arice shall ne)er +e sa"isfie%*
.HAPTER 777IV
HLY INSTR0.TINS /RM THE PRPHET
SIN.ERITY
:* "ho$ -ho are enamore% -i"h "he +ea$"y of Tr$"h' an% has" fi6e% "hy hear" on "he simplici"y of her charms' hol% fas" "hy fi%eli"y $n"o her'
an% forsa,e her no"( "he cons"ancy of "hy )ir"$e shall cro-n "hee -i"h honor*
<* The "on#$e of "he sincere is roo"e% in hear"( hypocrisy an% %ecei" ha)e no place in his -or%s*
D* He +l$she"h a" falsehoo%' an% is fo$n%e%( +$" in spea,in# "he "r$"h' he ha"h a s"ea%y eye*
E* He s$ppor"e"h' as a man' "he %i#ni"y of his charac"er( "o "he ar"s of hypocrisy he scorne"h "o s"oop*
F* He is consis"en" -i"h himself( he is ne)er em+arrasse%( he ha"h co$ra#e eno$#h for "r$"h( +$" "o lie he is afrai%*
G* He is far a+o)e "he meanness of %issim$la"ion( "he -or%s of his mo$"h are "he "ho$#h"s of his hear"*
=* Ye"' -i"h pr$%ence an% ca$"ion he opene"h his lips( he s"$%ie"h -ha" is ri#h"' an% spea,e"h -i"h %iscre"ion*
H* He a%)ise"h -i"h frien%ship( he repro)e"h -i"h free%om( an% -ha"soe)er he promise"h shall s$rely +e performe%*
;* B$" "he hear" of "he hypocri"e is hi% in his +reas"( he ma,e"h his -or%s in "he sem+lance of "r$"h' -hile "he +$siness of his life is only "o
%ecei)e*
:I* He la$#he"h in sorro-' he -eepe"h in 9oy( an% "he -or%s of his mo$"h ha)e no in"erpre"a"ion*
::* He -or,e"h in "he %ar, as a mole' an% fancie"h he is safe( +$" he +l$n%ere"h in"o li#h"' an% is +e"raye% an% e6pose%' -i"h %ir" on his
hea%*
:<* He passe"h his %ays in perpe"$al cons"rain"( his "on#$e an% hear" are fore)er a" )ariance*
:D* He la+ore"h for "he charac"er of a ri#h"eo$s man( an% h$##e"h himself in "he "ho$#h"s of his c$nnin#*
:E* fool' foolA The pains -hich "ho$ "a,e"h "o hi%e -ha" "ho$ ar"' are more "han -o$l% ma,e "hee -ha" "ho$ -o$l%s" seem( an% "he
chil%ren of !is%om shall moc, a" "hy c$nnin#' -hen in "he mi%s" of sec$ri"y' "hy %is#$ise is s"rippe% off' an% "he fin#er of %erision shall
poin" "hee "o scorn*
.HAPTER 777V
HLY INSTR0.TINS /RM THE PRPHET
RELI&IN
:* There is +$" one Allah' "he a$"hor' "he crea"or' "he #o)ernor of "he -orl%( almi#h"y ' e"ernal' an% incomprehensi+le*
<* The s$n is no" Allah' "ho$#h his no+les" ima#e* He enli#h"ene"h "he -orl% -i"h his +ri#h"ness( his -arm"h #i)e"h life "o "he pro%$c"s of "he
ear"h* A%mire him as "he crea"$re' "he ins"r$men" of Allah' +$" -orship him no"*
D* To "he one -ho is s$preme' mos" -ise an% +eneficen"' an% "o Him alone' +elon# -orship' a%ora"ion' "han,s #i)in# an% praise*
E* !ho ha"h s"re"che% for"h "he hea)ens -i"h His han%s' -ho ha"h %escri+e% -i"h his fin#er "he co$rses of s"ars*
F* !ho se""e"h +o$n%s "o "he ocean' "ha" i" canno" pass( an% sai"h $n"o "he s"ormy -in%sC >Be s"ill*>
G* !ho sha,e"h "he ear"h' an% "he na"ions "rem+le( -ho %are"h His li#h"nin#s' an% "he -ic,e% are %ismaye%*
=* !ho calle"h for"h -orl%s +y "he -or%s of His mo$"h( -ho smi"e"h -i"h His arm' an% "hey sin, in"o no"hin#*
H* re)erence "he ma9es"y of "he mnipo"en"( an% "emp" no" His an#er' les" "ho$ +e %es"roye%*
;* The pro)i%ence of Allah is e)er all His -or,s( He r$le"h an% %irec"e"h -i"h infini"e -is%om*
:I* He ha"h ins"i"$"e% la-s for "he #o)ernmen" of "he -orl%( He ha"h -on%erf$lly )arie% "hem in all +ein#s( an% each' +y his na"$re
conforme"h "o His -ill*
::* In "he %ep"h of His min%' He re)ol)e"h all ,no-le%#e( "he secre"s of f$"$ri"y lie open +efore Him*
:<* The "ho$#h"s of "hy hear" are na,e% "o His )ie-( He ,no-e"h "hy %e"ermina"ion +efore "hey are ma%e*
:D* !i"h respec" "o His prescience "here is no"hin# con"in#en"( -i"h respec" "o his pro)i%ence "here is no"hin# acci%en"al*
:E* !on%erf$l is He in all His -ays( His co$nsels are inscr$"a+le( "he manner of His ,no-le%#e "ranscen%e"h "hy concep"ion*
:F* Pay "herefore "o His -is%om' all honor an% )enera"ion( an% +o- %o-n "hyself in h$m+le an% s$+missi)e o+e%ience "o His s$preme
%iscre"ion*
:G* The /a"her is #racio$s an% +eneficen"( He ha"h crea"e% "he -orl% in mercy an% lo)e*
:=* His crea"$res of His han% %eclare His #oo%ness' an% "heir en9oymen"s spea, of His praise( He clo"he% "hem -i"h +ea$"y' He s$ppor"e"h
"hem -i"h foo%' He preser)e"h "hem -i"h pleas$re' from #enera"ion "o #enera"ion*
:H* If -e lif" $p o$r eyes "o "he hea)ens' His #lory shine"h for"h( if -e cas" "hem %o-n on "he ear"h' i" is f$ll of His #oo%ness( "he hills an% "he
)alleys re9oice an% sin#( fiel%s' ri)ers' an% -oo%s reso$n% His praise*
:;* B$" "hee' He ha"h %is"in#$ishe% -i"h pec$liar fa)or( an% e6al"e% "hy s"a"ion a+o)e all crea"$res*
<I* B$" "hee' He ha"h em+$e% "hee -i"h reason' "o main"ain "hy %ominion( he ha"h fi""e% "hee -i"h lan#$a#e' "o impro)e "hy socie"y( an%
e6al"e% "hy min% -i"h "he po-ers of me%i"a"ion' "o con"empla"e an% a%ore His inimi"a+le perfec"ions*
<:* An% in "he la-s He ha"h or%aine% as "he r$le of life' so ,in%ly ha"h He $ni"e% "hy %$"y "o "hy na"$re "ha" o+e%ience "o His precep"s is
happiness "o "hyself*
<<* praise His #oo%ness -i"h son#s of "han,s#i)in#' an% me%i"a"e in silence on "he -on%ers of His lo)e( le" "hy hear" o)erflo- -i"h
#ra"i"$%e an% ac,no-le%#men"' le" "he lan#$a#e of "hy lips spea, praise an% a%ora"ion' le" "he ac"ions of "hy life sho- "hy lo)e "o His la-*
<D* Allah is 9$s" an% ri#h"eo$s' an% -ill 9$%#e "he ear"h -i"h e8$i"y an% "r$"h*
<E* Ha"h He es"a+lishe% his la-s in #oo%ness an% mercy' an% shall He no" p$nish "he "rans#ressors "hereof?
<F* "hin, no"' +ol% men' +eca$se "hy p$nishmen" is %elaye%' "ha" "he arm of Allah is -ea,ene%( nei"her fla""er "hyself -i"h hopes "ha" He
-in,e"h a" "hy %oin#s*
<G* His eye pierce"h "he secre"s of e)ery hear"' an% He rememe+ere"h "hem fore)er( He respec"e"h no" "he persons or "he s"a"ions of men*
<=* The hi#h an% "he lo-' "he rich an% "he poor' "he -ise an% "he i#noran"' -hen "he so$l ha"h sha,en off "he c$m+ro$s shac,les of "his
mor"al life' shall e8$ali"y recei)e' from "he sen"ence of 9$s" an% e)erlas"in# re"ri+$"ion' accor%in# "o "heir -or,s*
<H* Then shall "he -ic,e% "rem+le an% +e afrai%( +$" "he hear" of "he ri#h"eo$s shall re9oice in His 9$%#emen"s*
<;* fear Allah' "herefore' all "he %ays of "hy life' an% -al, in "he pa"hs -hich He ha"h opene% +efore "hee* Le" pr$%ence a%monish "hee' le"
"emperance res"rain' le" 9$s"ice #$i%e "hy han%' +ene)olence -arm "hy hear"' an% #ra"i"$%e "o Hea)en inspire "hee -i"h %e)o"ion* These shall
#i)e "hee happiness in "hy presen" s"a"e' an% +rin# "hee "o "he mansions of e"ernal felici"y in "he para%ise of Allah*
DI* This is "he "r$e economy of H$man Life*
.HAPTER 777VI
HLY INSTR0.TINS /RM THE PRPHET
KN! THYSEL/
:* !ea, an% i#noran" as "ho$ ar"' man' h$m+le as "ho$ o$#h"es" "o +e' chil% of "he %$s"' -o$l%s" "ho$ raise "hy "ho$#h"s "o infini"e
-is%om? !o$l%s" "ho$ see omnipo"ence %isplaye% +efore "hee? .on"empla"e "hine frame*
<* /earf$lly an% -on%erf$lly ar" "ho$ ma%e( praise "herefore "hy .rea"or -i"h a-e' an% re9oice +efore Him -i"h re)erence*
D* !herefore of all crea"$res ar" "ho$ only erec"' +$" "ha" "ho$ sho$l%s" +ehol% his -or,s? !herefore ar" "ho$ "o +ehol%' +$" "ha" "ho$ mayes"
a%mire "hem? !herefore "o a%mire +$" "ha" "ho$ mayes" a%ore "heir an% "hy .rea"or?
E* !herefore is conscio$sness repose% on "hee alone' an% -hence is i" %eri)e% "o "hee?
F* I" is no" in flesh "o "hin,( i" is no" in +ones "o reason* The lion ,no-e"h no" "ha" -orms shall ea" him( "he o6 percei)e"h no" "ha" he is fe%
for sla$#h"er*
G* Some"hin# is a%%e% "o "hee' $nli,e "o -ha" "ho$ sees"( some"hin# informs "he clay( hi#her "han all is "he o+9ec" of "hy senses* Behol%'
-ha" is i"?
=* The +o%y remaine"h perfec" af"er i" is fle%( "herefore i" is no par" of i"( i" is imma"erial' "herefore i" is e"ernal( i" is free "o ac"( "herefore i" is
acco$n"a+le for i"s ac"ions*
H* Kno-e"h "he ass "he $se of foo%' +eca$se his "ee"h mo- %o-n "he her+a#e? r s"an%e"h "he croco%ile erec"' al"ho$#h his +ac,+one is as
s"rai#h" as "hine?
;* Allah forme% "hee as He forme% "hese( af"er "hem all -er" "ho$ crea"e%( s$periori"y an% comman% -ere #i)en "hee o)er all' an% of His o-n
+rea"h %i% he comm$nica"e "o "hee "he principle of ,no-le%#e*
:I* Kno- "hyself an% "he pri%e of His crea"ion' "he line $ni"in# %i)ini"y an% ma""er( +ehol% a par" of Allah Himself -i"hin "hee( remem+er
"hine o-n %i#ni"y( nor %are %escen% "o e)il or "o meanness*
::* !ho plan"e% "error in "he "ail of "he serpen"? !ho clo"he% "he nec, of "he horse -i"h "h$n%er? E)en He -ho ha"h ins"r$c"e% "hee "o cr$sh
"he one $n%er "hy fee"' an% "o "ame "he o"her "o "hy p$rpose*
.HAPTER 777VII
HLY INSTR0.TINS /RM THE PHPHET
THE BREATH / HEAVEN
:* Va$n" no" "hy +o%y( +eca$se i" -as firs" forme%( nor of "hy +rain' +eca$se "herein "hy so$l resi%e"h* Is no" "he mas"er of "he ho$se more
honora+le "han i"s -alls?
<* The #ro$n% m$s" +e prepare% +efore corn +e plan"e%( "he po""er m$s" +$il% his f$rnace +efore he can ma,e his porcelain*
D* As "he +rea"h of Hea)en saye"h $n"o "he -a"ers of "he %eep( >This -ay shall "hy +illo-s roll' an% no o"her( "h$s hi#h' an% no hi#her shall
"hey raise "heir f$ry>( so le" "hy spiri"' I man' ac"$a"e an% %irec" "hy flesh( so le" i" repress i"s -il%erness*
F* Thy +o%y is as "he #lo+e of "he ear"h( "hy +ones "he pillars "ha" s$s"ain i" on i"s +asis*
G* As "he ocean #i)e"h rise "o sprin#s' -hose -a"ers re"$rn a#ain in"o i"s +osom "hro$#h "he ri)ers( so r$nne"h "hy life from "hy o$"-ar%s'
an% so r$nne"h i" in"o i"s place a#ain*
=* Do no" +o"h re"ain "heir co$rse fore)er? Behol%' "he same Allah or%aine% "hem*
H* Is no" "hy nose "he channel "o perf$mes' "hy mo$"h "he pa"h "o %elicacies*
;* Are no" "hine eyes "he sen"inels "ha" -a"ch for "hee? Ye" ho- of"en are "hey $na+le "o %is"in#$ish "r$"h from error?
:I* Keep "hy so$l in mo%era"ion( "each "hy spiri" "o +e a""en"i)e "o i"s #oo%( so shall "hese i"s minis"ers +e al-ays "o "hee con)eyances of
"r$"h*
::* Thine han%' is i" no" a miracle? Is "here in "he crea"ion a$#h" li,e $n"o i"? !herefore -as i" #i)en "hee' +$" "ha" "ho$ mi#h"es" s"re"ch i"
o$" "o "he assis"ance of "hy +ro"her?
:<* !hy of all "hin#s li)in# are "ho$ alone ma%e capa+le of +l$shin#? The -orl% shall rea% "hy shame $pon "hy face( "herefore %o no"hin#
shamef$l*
:D* /ear an% %ismay' -hich ro+s "hy co$n"enance of i"s r$%%y splen%or' a)oi% #$il"' an% "ho$ shal" ,no- "ha" fear is +enea"h "hee' "ha"
%ismay is $nnamely*
:E* !herefore "o "hee alone spea,s sha%o-s in "he )ision of "he pillo-? Re)erence "hem( for ,no- "ha" %reams are from on hi#h*
:F* Tho$ man alone cans" spea,* !on%er a" "hy #lorio$s prero#a"i)e( an% pay "o Him -ho #a)e i" "o "hee a ra"ional an% -elcome praise'
"eachin# "hy chil%ren -is%om' ins"r$c"in# "he offsprin# of "hy loins in pie"y*
.HAPTER 777VIII
HLY INSTR0.TINS /RM THE PRPHET
THE S0L / MAN
:* The +lessin#' I man' of "hy e6"ernal par" is heal"h' )i#or an% propor"ion* The #rea"es" of "hese is heal"h* !ha" heal"h is "o "he +o%y e)en
"ha" is hones"y "o "he so$l*
<* Tha" "ho$ has" a so$l is of all ,no-le%#e "he mos" cer"ain of all "r$"hs "he mos" plain $n"o "hee* Be mee,' +e #ra"ef$l for i"* See, no" "o
,no- i" perfec"ly* I" is inscr$"a+le*
D* Thin,in#' $n%ers"an%in#' reasonin#' -illin#' call no" "hese "he so$l* They are i"s ac"ions' +$" "hey are no" i"s essence*
E* Raise i" no" "oo hi#h' "ha" "ho$ +e no" %espise%* Be no" "ho$ li,e $n"o "hose -ho fall +y clim+in#( nei"her %e+ase i" "o "he sense of +r$"es'
nor +e "ho$ li,e "o "he horse an% "he m$le' in -hom "here is no $n%ers"an%in#*
F* Search i" +y i"s fac$l"iesC ,no- i" +y i"s )ir"$es* They are more in n$m+er "han "he hairs of "hy hea%( "he s"ars of hea)en are no" "o +e
co$n"e% -i"h "hem*
G* Thin, no" -i"h Ara+ia' "ha" one so$l is par"e% amon# all men( nei"her +elie)e "ho$ -i"h "he sons of E#yp"' "ha" e)ery man ha"h many(
,no-' "ha" as "hy hear"' so also "hy so$l is one*
=* Do"h no" "he s$n har%en "he clay? Do"h i" no" also sof"en "he -a6? As i" is one s$n "ha" -or,e"h +o"h' e)en so i" is one so$l -ille"h
con"raries*
H* As "he moon re"aine"h her na"$re' "ho$#h %ar,ness sprea% i"self +efore her face as a c$r"ain( so "he so$l remaine"h perfec"' e)en in "he
+osom of a fool*
;* She is immor"al( she is $nchan#ea+le( she is ali,e in all* Heal"h calle"h her for"h "o sho- her lo)eliness' an% applica"ion anoin"e"h her -i"h
"he oil of -is%om*
:I* Al"ho$#h she shall li)e af"er "hee' "hin, no" she -as +orn +efore "hee* She -as crea"e% -i"h "hy flesh' an% forme% -i"h "hy +rain*
::* 5$s"ice co$l% no" #i)e her "o "hee e6al"e% +y )ir"$es' nor mercy %eli)er her "o "hee %eforme% +y )ices* These m$s" +e "hine' an% "ho$
m$s" ans-er for "hem*
:<* S$ppose no" %ea"h can shiel% "hee from e6amina"ion( "hin, no" corr$p"ion can hi%e "hee from in8$iry* He -ho forme% "hee of "ho$
,no-es" no" -ha"' can he no" raise "hee from "ho$ ,no-es" no" -ha" a#ain?
:D* Percei)e"h no" "he coc, "he ho$r of mi%ni#h"? E6al"e"h he no" his )oice "o "ell "hee i" is mornin#? Kno-e"h no" "he %o# "he foo"s"eps of
his mas"er? /lie"h no" "he -o$n%e% #oa" $n"o "he her+ "ha" heale"h him? Ye" -hen "hese %ie' "heir spiri" re"$rne"h "o %$s"( "hine alone
s$r)i)e"h*
:E* En)y no" "o "hese "heir senses' +eca$se 8$ic,er "han "hine o-n* Learn "ha" "he a%)an"a#e lie"h no" in possessin# #oo% "hin#s' +$" in "he
,no-in# "o $se "hem*
:F* Ha%s" "ho$ "he ear of "he s"a#' or -ere "hine eyes as s"ron# an% piercin# as "he ea#les( %i%s" "ho$ e8$al "he ho$n% in smell' or co$l% "he
ape resi#n "o "hee his "as"e' or co$l% "he "or"oise her feelin#( ye" -i"ho$" reason -ha" -o$l% "hey a)ail "hee? Perish no" all "hese li,e "heir
,in%re%?
:G* Ha"h any one of "hem "he #if" of speech? .an any say $n"o "hee' >Therefore %i% I %o?>
:=* The lips of "he -ise are as "he %oors of a ca+ine"( no sooner are "hey opene% +$" "reas$res are po$re% o$" +efore "hee*
:H* Li,e $n"o "rees of #ol% arran#e% in +e%s of sil)er are -ise sen"ences $""ere% in %$e season*
:;* .ans" "ho$ "hin, "oo #rea"ly of "hy so$l? r can "oo m$ch +e sai% in i"s praise? I" is "he ima#e of Him -ho #a)e i"*
<I* Remem+er "ho$ i"s %i#ni"y fore)er( for#e" no" ho- #rea" a "alen" is commi""e% "o "hy char#e*
<:* !ha"soe)er may %o #oo%' may also %o harm* Be-are "ha" "ho$ %irec" i"s co$rse "o )ir"$e*
<<* Thin, no" "ha" "ho$ cans" lose her in a cro-%( s$ppose no" "ha" "ho$ cans" +$ry her in "hy close"* Ac"ion is her %eli#h"' an% she -ill no"
+e -i"hhel% from i"*
<D* Her mo"ion is perpe"$al( her a""emp"s are $ni)ersal( her a#ili"y is no" "o +e s$ppresse%* Is i" a" "he $""ermos" par"s of "he ear"h? She -ill
ha)e i"* Is i" +eyon% "he re#ions of "he s"ars? Ye" -ill her eye %isco)er i"' In8$iry is her %eli#h"* As one -ho "ra)erse"h "he +$rnin# san%s' in
search of -a"er' so is "he so$l "ha" "hirs"e"h af"er ,no-le%#e*
<E* &$ar% her for she is rash( res"rain her' for she is irre#$lar( correc" her' for she is o$"ra#eo$s( more s$pple is she "han -a"er' more
fle6i+le "han -a6' more yiel%in# "han air* Is "here a$#h" "ha" can +in% her?
<F* As a s-or% in "he han% of a ma% man' e)en so is "he so$l "o him -ho -an"e"h %iscre"ion*
<G* The en% of her search is "r$"h( her means "o %isco)er i" are reason an% e6perience* B$" are no" "hese -ea,' $ncer"ain an% fallacio$s? Ho-
"hen shall she a""ain $n"o i"?
<=* &eneral opinion is no proof of "r$"h' for "he #enerali"y of men are i#noran"*
<H* Percep"ion of "hyself' "he ,no-le%#e of Him -ho crea"e "hee' "he sense of -orship "ho$ o-es" $n"o Him* Are no" "hese plain +efore "hy
face? An%' +ehol%A !ha" is "here more "ha" men nee%e"h "o ,no-?
.HAPTER 777I7
HLY INSTR0.TINS /RM THE PRPHET
PINNA.LE / !ISDM
:* As "he eye of "he mornin# "o "he lar,' as "he sha%e of "he e)enin# "o "he o-l' as honey "o "he +ee' or as "he carcass "o "he )$l"$re e)en
s$ch is life $n"o "he hear" of man*
<* Tho$#h +ri#h"' i" %a11le"h no"( "ho$#h o+sc$re' i" %isplease"h no"( "ho$#h s-ee"' i" cloye"h no"( "ho$#h corr$p"' i" for+i%%e"h no"' ye" -ho
is he "ha" ,no-e"h i"s "r$e )al$e?
D* Learn "o es"eem as "ho$ o$#h"( "hen ar" "ho$ near "he pinnacle of -is%om*
E* Thin, no"' -i"h "he fool' "ha" no"hin# is more )al$a+le( nor +elie)e' -i"h "he pre"en%e% -ise' "ha" "ho$ o$#h"es" "o con%emn i"* Lo)e i" no"
"hyself' +$" for "he #oo% i" may +e of "o o"hers*
F* &ol% canno" +$y i" for "hee nei"her mines of %iamon%s p$rchase +ac, "he momen" "ho$ has" no- los" i"* Employ "he s$ccee%in# ones in
)ir"$e*
G* Say no" "ha" i" -ere +es" no" "o ha)e +een +ornC or' if +orn "ha" i" has +een +es" "o %ie early( nei"her %are "ho$ "o as, of "hy .rea"or'
>!here has +een "he e)il' ha% I no" e6is"e%?> &oo% is "hy po-er' "he -an" of #oo% is e)il( an% if "hy 8$es"ion +e 9$s"' lo' i" con%emne"h "hee*
=* !o$l% "he fish s-allo- "he +ai" if he ,ne- "he hoo, -ere hi%%en "herein? !o$l% "he lion en"er "he "oils if he sa- "hey -ere prepare% for
him? So nei"her' -ere "he so$l "o perish -i"h "his clay' nei"her -o$l% a mercif$l /a"her ha)e crea"e% him( ,no- hence "ho$ shal" li)e
af"er-ar%s*
H* As "he +ir%' enclose% in "he ca#e +efore he see"h i"' ye" "eare"h no" his flesh a#ains" i"s si%es( so nei"her la+or "ho$ )ainly "o r$n "he s"a"e
"ho$ ar" in' +$" ,no- i" is allo"e% "hee' an% +e con"en" -i"h i"*
;* Tho$#h i"s -ays are $ne)en' ye" "hey are no" all painf$l* Accommo%a"e "hyself "o all( an% -here "here is "he leas" appearance of e)il'
s$spec" "he #rea"es" %an#er*
:I* !hen "hy +e% is s"ra-' "ho$ sleepes" in sec$ri"y( +$" -hen "ho$ s"re"che"h "hyself on roses +e-are of "he "horns*
::* A #oo% %ea"h is +e""er "han an e)il life( s"ri)e "herefore' "o li)e as lon# as "ho$ o$#h"es"' no" as lon# as "ho$ cans"* !hile "hy life is "o
o"hers -or"h more "han "hy %ea"h' i" is "hy %$"y "o preser)e i"*
:<* .omplain no"' -i"h "he fool' of "he shor"ness of "hy "imeC remem+er' -i"h "hy %ays "hy cares are shor"ene%*
:D* Ta,e from "he perio% of "hy life "he $seless par" of i"' an% -ha" remaine"h?
:E* Ta,e off "he "ime of "hine infancy' "hy secon% infancy of a#e' "hy sleep' "hy "ho$#h"less ho$rs' "hy %ays of sic,ness( an%' e)en a" "hy
f$lness of years' ho- fe- seasons has" "r$ly n$m+ere%A
:F* He -ho #a)e "hee life as a +lessin#' shor"ene% i" "o ma,e i" e)en more so*
:G* To -ha" en% -o$l% lon#er life ha)e ser)e% "hee? !ishes" "ho$ "o ha)e ha% an oppor"$ni"y of more )ices? As "o "he #oo%' -ill no" He -ho
limi"e% "hy span' +e sa"isfie% -i"h "he fr$i"s of i"?
:=* To -ha" en%' chil% of sorro-' -o$l%s" "ho$ li)e lon#er* To +rea"he' "o ea"' "o see "he -orl%? All "his "ho$ has" %one of"en alrea%y* Too
fre8$en" repe"i"ion' is i" no" "iresome? r is i" no" s$perfl$o$s?
:H* !o$l%s" "ho$ impro)e "hy -isom an% "hy )ir"$e? AlasA !ha" ar" "ho$ "o ,no-? r -ho is i" "ha" shall "each "hee? Ba%ly "ho$ employes" "he
li""le "ho$ has"( %are no"' "herfore' "o complain "ha" "he more is no" #i)en "hee*
:;* Repine no" a" "hy -an" of ,no-le%#e( i" m$s" perish -i"hin "he #ra)e* Be hones" here' "ho$ shal" +e -ise hereaf"er*
<I* Say no" $n"o "he cro-' >!hy n$m+eres" "ho$ se)en "imes "hy Lor%?> or "o "he fa-n' >!hy ar" "hine eyes "o see my offsprin# an h$n%re%
#enera"ions?> Are "hese "o +e compare% -i"h "hee in "he a+$se of life?
<:* Are "hey rio"o$s? Are "hey cr$el? Are "hey $n#ra"ef$l? Learn from "hem' ra"her' "ha" innocence of manners are "he pa"hs of #oo% ol% a#e*
<<* Kno-es" "ho$ "o employ life +e""er "han "hese? Then less of i" may s$ffice "hee*
<D* Man' -ho %ares ensla)e "he -orl%' -hen he ,no-s he can en9oy his "yranny +$" for a momen"' -ha" -o$l% he no" aim a"' if he -ere
immor"al*
<E* Eno$#h ha"h "ho$ of life' +$" "ho$ re#ar%es" i" no"( "ho$ are no" in -an" of i"' man' +$" "ho$ ar" pro%i#al( "ho$ "hre-es" i" li#h"ly a-ay'
as if "ho$ ha%s" more "han eno$#h( an% ye" "ho$ repines" "ha" i" is no" #a"here% a#ain $n"o "hee* Kno-' "ha" i" is no" a+$n%ance -hich
ma,e"h rich' +$" Economy*
<F* The -ise con"in$e"h "o li)e from his firs" perio%( "he fool is al-ays +e#innin#*
<G* La+or no" af"er riches firs"' an% "hin, "ho$ -il" af"er-ar%s en9oy "hem* He -ho ne#lec"e"h "he presen" momen"' "hro-e"h a-ay all "ha" he
ha"h* As "he arro- passe"h "hro$#h "he hear" -hile "he -arrior ,ne- no" "ha" i" -as comin#( so shall his life +e "a,en a-ay' +efore he
,no-e"h "ha" he ha"h i"*
<=* !ha" "hen is life' "ha" man sho$l% %esire i"? !ha"' +rea"hin# "ha" he sho$l% co)e" i"?
<H* Is i" no" a scene of %el$sion' a series of misa%)en"$res' a p$rs$i" of e)ils lin,e% on all si%es "o#e"her? In "he +e#innin#' i" is i#norance'
pain is in i"s mi%%le( an% i"s en% is sorro-*
<;* As one -a)e p$she"h on ano"her' "ill +o"h are in)ol)e% in "ha" +ehin% "hem( e)en so s$ccee%e"h e)il "o e)il' in "he life of man( "he
#rea"es" an% "he presen" s-allo- $p "he lesser an% "he pas"* $r "errors are real e)ils( o$r e6pec"a"ions loo, for-ar% in"o impossi+ili"ies*
DI* /ools' "o %rea% as mor"als' an% "o %esire as if immor"alA
D:* !ha" par" of life is i" "ha" -e sho$l% -ish "o remain -i"h $s? Is i" yo$"h? .an -e +e in lo)e -i"h o$"ra#e' licen"io$sness' an% "emeri"y? Is i"
a#e? Then -e are fon% of infirmi"ies*
D<* I" is sai%' #rey hairs are re)ere%' an% len#"h of %ays an honor* Vir"$e can a%% re)erence "o "he +loom of yo$"h( an% -i"ho$" i"' a#e plan"s
more -rin,les in "he so$l "han on "he forehea%*
DD* Is a#e respec"e% +eca$se i" ha"e"h rio"? !ha" 9$s"ice is in "his -hen i" is no" a#e "ha" %espise"h pleas$re' +$" pleas$re "ha" %espise"h a#e*
DE* Be )ir"$o$s -hile "ho$ are yo$n#' so shall "hine a#e +e honore%*
.HAPTER 7L
HLY INSTR0.TINS /RM THE PRPHET
THE INSTABILITY / MAN
:* Incons"ancy is po-erf$l in "he hear" of man( In"emperance s-aye"h i" -hi"her i" -ill( Despair en#rosse"h m$ch of i"( an% /ear proclaime"hC
>Behol%' I si" $nri)alle% "herein'> +$" Vani"y is +eyon% "hem all*
<* !eep no" "herefore a" "he calami"ies of "he h$man s"a"e( ra"her la$#h a" i"s follies* In "he han%s of "he man a%%ic"e% "o )ani"y' life "hen is
+$" "he sha%o- of a %ream*
D* The hero' "he mos" reno-ne% of h$man charac"er' -ha" is he' +$" "he +$++le of "his -ea,ness* The p$+lic is $ns"a+le an% $n#ra"ef$l* !hy
sho$l% "he man of -is%om en%an#er himself for fools?
E* The man -ho ne#lec"e"h his presen" concerns' "o re)ol)e ho- he -ill +eha)e -hen #rea"er' fee%e"h himself -i"h -in%' -hile his +rea% is
ea"en +y ano"her*
F* Ac" as +ecome"h "hee in "hy presen" s"a"ion' an% in more e6al"e% ones "hy face shall no" +e ashame%*
G* !ha" +lin%e"h "he eye' or -ha" hi%e"h "he hear" of a man from himself' li,e Vani"y? Lo' -hen "ho$ sees" no" "hyself' "hen o"hers %isco)er
"hee' mos" plainly*
=* As "he "$lip "ha" is #a$%y -i"ho$" smell' conspic$o$s -i"ho$" $se( so is "he mail -ho si""e"h himself $p so hi#h' an% ho" no" meri"*
H* The hear" of "he )ain is "ro$+le% -hile i" seeme"h con"en"( his cares are #rea"er "han his pleas$res*
;* His solici"$%e canno" res" -i"h his +ones' "he #ra)e is no" %eep eno$#h "o hi%e i"( he e6"en%e"h his "ho$#h"s +eyon% his +ein#( he
+espea,e"h praise( "o +e pai% -hen he is #one( +$" -hosoe)er promise"h i"' %ecei)e"h him*
:I* As "he man -ho en#a#e"h his -ife "o remain in -i%o-hoo%' "ha" she %is"$r+ no" his so$l( so is he -ho e6pec"e"h "ha" his praise shall
reach his ears +enea"h "he ear"h' or cherish his hear" in i"s shro$%*
::* Do -ell -hils" "ho$ li)e"h( +$" re#ar% no" -ha" is sai% of i"* .on"en" "hyself -i"h %eser)in# praise' an% "hy pos"eri"y shall re9oice in
hearin# i"*
:<* As "he +$""erfly -ho see"h no" his o-n colors' as "he 9asmine -hich feele"h no" "he scen" i" cas"e"h aro$n% i"( so is "he man -ho
appeare"h #ay' an% +i%%e"h o"hers "o "a,e no"e of i"*
:D* >To -ha" p$rpose'> sai"h he' >is my )es"$re of #ol%' "o -ha" en% are my "a+les fille% -i"h %ain"ies' if no eye #a1e $pon "hem' if "he -orl%
,no-s i" no"?> &i)e "hy raimen" "o "he na,e%' an% "hy foo% $n"o "he h$n#ry( so shal" "ho$ +e praise%' an% feel "ha" "ho$ %eser)e"h i"*
:E* !hy +es"o-e"h "ho$ in e)ery man "he fla""ery of $nmeanin# -or%s? Tho$ ,no-es"' -hen re"$rne% "hee' "ho$ re#ar%es" i" no"* He
,no-e"h he lie"h $n"o "hee' ye" he ,no-e"h "ho$ -ill "han, him for i"* Spea, in sinceri"y' an% "ho$ -il" hear -i"h ins"r$c"ion*
:F* The )ain %eli#h"e"h "o spea, of himself( +$" he see"h no" "ha" o"hers li,e no" "o hear him*
:G* If he ha"h %one any"hin# -or"h praise' if he possesse"h "ha" -hich is -or"hy of a%mira"ion' his 9oy is "o proclaim i"' his pri%e "o hear i"
repor"e%* The %esire of s$ch a man %efea"e"h i"self* Men say no"C >Behol% he ha"h %one i"'> or >See' he possesse"h i"'> +$" >Mar, ho- pro$% he
is of i"*>
:=* The hear" of man canno" a""en% a" once "o "oo many "hin#s* He -ho fi6e"h his so$l on sho-' lose"h reali"y* He p$rs$e"h +$++les' -hich
+rea, in "heir fli#h"' -hile he "rea%s "o ear"h -ha" -o$l% him honor*
.HAPTER 7LI
HLY INSTR0.TINS /RM THE PRPHET
IN.NSTAN.Y
:* Na"$re $r#e"h "hee "o incons"ancy' I manA Therefore #$ar% "hyself a" all "imes a#ains"' i"*
<* Tho$ ar"' from "he -om+ of "hy mo"her' )ario$s an% -a)erin#' from "he loins of "hy fa"her inheri"e"h "ho$ ins"a+ili"y* Ho- "hen shal" "ho$
+e firm ?
D* Those -ho #a)e "hee a +o%y' f$rnishe% i" -i"h -ea,ness( +$" He -ho #a)e "hee a so$l' arme% "hee* -i"h resol$"ion* Employ i"' an% "ho$ ar"
-ise +e -ise' an% "ho$ ar" happy*
E* Le" him -ho %oe"h -ell' +e-are ho- he +oas"e"h of i"' for rarely is i" of his o-n -ill*
F* Is no" "he e)en" of an imp$lse' from -i"ho$" +orn of $ncer"ain"y enforce% +y acci%en"' %epen%en" on some-ha" else? To "hee' an% "o
acci%en"' is %$e "he praise*
G* Be-are of irresol$"ion in "he in"en" of "hy ac"ions( +e-are of ins"a+ili"y in "he e6ec$"ion( so shal" "ho$ "ri$mph o)er "-o #rea" failin#s of
"hy na"$re*
=* !ha" reproache"h reason more "han "o ac" con"rarie"ies? !ha" can s$ppress "he "en%encies "o "hese' +$" firmness of min%?
H* The incons"an" feele"h "ha" he chan#e"h' +$" he ,no-e"h no" -hy( he see"h "ha" he escape"h from himself' +$" he percei)e"h no" ho-* Be
"ho$ incapa+le of chan#e' in "ha" -hich is ri#h"' an% men -ill rely $pon "hee*
;* Es"a+lish $n"o "hyself principles of ac"ion' an% see "ha" "ho$ e)er ac" accor%in# "o "hem*
:I* So shall "hy passions ha)e no r$le o)er "hee( so shall "hy cons"ancy ens$re $n"o "hee "he #oo% "ho$ possesse"h' an% %ri)e from "hy %oor
misfor"$ne* An6ie"y an% %isappoin"men" shall +e s"ran#ers "o "hy #a"es*
::* S$spec" no" e)il in anyone $n"il "ho$ see"h i"( -hen "ho$ see"h' for#e" i" no"*
:<* !ho so ha"h +een an enemy' canno" +e a frien%( for man men%e"h no" his fa$l"s*
:D* Ho- sho$l% his ac"ions +e ri#h"' -ho ha"h no r$le of his life? No"hin# can +e 9$s" -hich procee%e"h no" from reason*
:E* The incons"an" ha"h no peace in his so$l( nei"her can +e a" ease -hom he concerne"h himself -i"h*
:F* His life is $ne8$al( his mo"ions are irre#$lar( his so$l chan#e"h -i"h "he -ea"her*
:G* To%ay he lo)e"h "hee' "omorro- "ho$ ar" %e"es"e% +y him( an% -hy? Himself ,no-e"h no" -herefore he no- ha"e"h*
:=* To%ay he is "he "yran"' "omorro- "hy ser)an" is less h$m+le( an% -hy? He -ho is arro#an" -i"ho$" po-er' -ill +e ser)ile -hile "here is no
s$+9ec"ion*
:H* To%ay he is prof$se' "omorro- he #r$%#e"h $n"o his mo$"h "ha" -hich i" sho$l% ea"* Th$s i" is -i"h him -ho ,no-e"h no" mo%era"ion*
:;* !ho shall say of "he camelionC >He is +lac,'> -hen' "he momen" af"er "he )er%$re of "he #rass' o)ersprea%e"h him?
<I* !ho shall say of "he incons"an"C >He is 9oyf$l'> -hen his ne6" +rea"h shall +e spen" in si#hin#?
<:* !ha" is "he life of s$ch a man' +$" "he phan"om of a %ream? In "he mornin# he rise"h happy' a" noon he is on "he rac,( "his ho$r he is a
#o%' "he ne6" +elo- a -orm( one momen" he la$#he"h' "he ne6" he -eepe"h( he no- -ille"h' in an ins"an" he -ille"h no"' an% in ano"her he
,no-e"h no" -he"her he -ille"h or no"*
<<* Ye" nei"her ease nor pain ha)e fi6e% "hemsel)es on him( nei"her is he -a6e% #rea"er' or +ecome less( nei"her ha"h he ha% ca$se for
la$#h"er' or reason for his sorro-( "herefore shall none of "hem a+i%e -i"h him*
<D* The happiness of "he incons"an" is as a palace +$il" on "he s$rface of "he san%( "he +lo-in# of "he -in% carrie"h a-ay i"s fo$n%a"ion( !ha"
-on%er "hen "ha" i" falle"h?
<E* B$" -ha" e6al"e% form is "his' "ha" hi"her-ar% %irec"s i"s e)en' i"s $nin"err$p"e% co$rse 4 -hose foo" is on ear"h' -hose hea% is a+o)e "he
clo$%s?
<F* n his +ro- si""e"h ma9es"y( s"ea%iness is in his por"( an% in his hear" rei#ne"h "ran8$ili"y*
<G* Tho$#h o+s"acles appear in his -ay' he %ei#ne"h no" "o loo, %o-n $pon "hem( "ho$#h hea)en an% ear"h oppose his passa#e( he
procee%e"h*
<=* The mo$n"ains sin, +enea"h his "rea%( "he -a"ers of "he ocean are %rie% $p $n%er "he sole of his foo"*
<H* The "i#er "hro-e"h herself across his -ay in )ain( "he spo"s of "he leopar% #lo- a#ains" him $nre#ar%e%*
<;* He marche"h "hro$#h "he em+a""le% le#ions( -i"h his han%s he p$""e"h asi%e "he "errors of %ea"h*
DI* S"orms roar a#ains" his sho$l%ers' +$" are no" a+le "o sha,e "hem( "he "h$n%er +$rs"e"h o)er his hea% in )ain( "he li#h"nin# ser)e"h +$" "o
sho- "he #lories of his co$n"enance*
D:* His name is Resol$"ionA He come"h from "he $"mos" par" of "he ear"h( he see"h happiness afar off +efore him( his eye %isco)ere"h her
"emple +eyon% "he limi"s of "he pole*
D<* He -al,e"h $p "o i"' he en"ere"h +ol%ly' an% he remaine"h "here fore)er*
DD* Es"a+lish "hy hear"' I man' in "ha" -hich is ri#h"( an% "hen ,no-' "he #rea"es" of h$man is "o +e imm$"a+le*
.HAPTER 7LII
HLY INSTR0.TINS /RM THE PRPHET
!EAKNESS
:* Vain an% incons"an" as "ho$ ar"' I chil% of imperfec"ion' ho- cans" "ho$ +e -ea,? Is no" incons"ancy connec"e% -i"h frail"y? .an "here +e
)ani"y -i"ho$" infirmi"y? A)oi% "he %an#er of "he one' an% "ho$ shal" escape "he mischiefs of "he o"her*
<* !herein ar" "ho$ mos" -ea,? In "ha" -herein "ho$ seemes" mos" s"ron#( in "ha" -herein mos" "ho$ #lorie"h( e)en in possessin# "he "hin#s
-hich "ho$ has"( in $sin# "he #oo% "ha" is a+o$" "hee*
D* Ar" no" "hy %esires also frail? r ,no-e"h "ho$ e)en -ha" i" is "ho$ -o$l%s" -ish? !hen "ho$ has" o+"aine% -ha" mos" "ho$ so$#h"e"h
af"er' +ehol%' i" con"en"e"h "hee no"*
E* !herefore lose"h "he pleas$re "ha" is +efore "hee i"s relish? An% -hy appeare"h "ha" -hich is ye" "o come "he s-ee"er? Beca$se "ho$ ar"
-earie% -i"h "he #oo% of "his' +eca$se "ho$ ,no-e"h no" "he e)il of "ha" -hich is no" -i"h "hee* Kno- "ha" "o +e con"en"' is "o +e happy*
F* .o$l%s" "ho$ choose for "hyself' -o$l% "hy .rea"or lay +efore "hee all "ha" "hy hear" co$l% as, for' -o$l% happiness "hen remain -i"h "hee'
or -o$l% 9oy al-ays %-ell in "hy #a"es?
G* AlasA Thy -ea,ness for+i%%e"h i"( "hy infirmi"y %eclare"h a#ains" i"* Varie"y is "o "hee in "he place of pleas$re( +$" "ha" -hich permanen"ly
%eli#h"e"h' m$s" +e permanen"*
=* !hen "ha" is #one' "ho$ repen"e"h "he loss of i"( "ho$#h' -hile i" -as -i"h "hee' "ho$ %espise"h i"*
H* Tha" -hich s$ccee%e"h i"' ha"h no more pleas$re "o "hee( an% "ho$ af"er-ar%s 8$arrele"h -i"h "hyself for preferrin# i"( +ehol% "he only
circ$ms"ances in -hich "ho$ arres" no"A
;* Is "here any "hin# in -hich "hy -ea,ness appeare"h more' "han in %esirin# "hin#s? I" is in "he possessin#' an% in "he $sin# of "hem*
:I* &oo% "hin#s cease "o +e #oo% in o$r en9oymen" of "hem* !ha" na"$re mean" p$re s-ee"s' are so$rces of +i""erness "o $s' from o$r
%eli#h"s arise pain' from o$r 9oys' sorro-*
::* Be mo%era"e in "he en9oymen"' an% i" shall remain in "hy possession( le" "hy 9oy +e fo$n%e% on reason' an% "o i"s en% shall sorro- +e a
s"ran#er*
:<* The %eli#h"s of lo)e are $shere% in +y si#hs' an% "hey "ermina"e in lan#$ishmen" an% %e9ec"ion* The o+9ec"s "ho$ +$rne%e"h for'
na$sea"es -i"h sa"ie"y( an% no sooner has" "ho$ possesse% i"' +$" "ho$ ar" -eary of i"s presence*
:D* 5oin es"eem "o "hy a%mira"ion' $ni"e frien%ship -i"h "he lo)e( so shal" "ho$ fin% in "he en% con"en" so a+sol$"e' "ha" i" s$rpasse"h
rap"$res' "ran8$ili"y more -or"h "han ecs"asy*
:E* Allah ha"h #i)en "hee no #oo%' -i"ho$" i"s a%mi6"$re of e)il( +$" he ha"h #i)en "hee also "he means of "hro-in# off "he e)il from i"*
:F* As 9oy is no" -i"ho$" i"s alloy of pain' so nei"her is sorro- -i"ho$" i"s por"ion of pleas$re* 5oy an% #rief' "ho$#h $nli,e' are $ni"e%* $r
o-n choice only can #i)e "hem "o $s en"irely*
:G* Melancholy i"self of"en #i)e"h %eli#h"' an% "he e6"remi"y of 9oys are min#le% -i"h "ears*
:=* The +es" "hin#s in "he han%s of a fool may +e "$rne% "o his %es"r$c"ion( an% o$" of "he -ors"' "he -ise -ill fin% means of #oo%*
:H* So +len%e% is -ea,ness in "hy na"$re' I man' "ha" "ho$ has" no" s"ren#"h ei"her "o +e #oo% nor "o +e e)il' en"irely* Re9oice "ha" "ho$ cans"
no" e6cel in e)il' an% le" "he #oo% "ha" is -i"hin "hy reach con"en" "hee*
:;* The )ir"$es are allo""e% "o )ario$s s"a"ions* See, no" af"er impossi+li"ies' nor #rie)e "ha" "ho$ cans" no" possess "hem all*
<I* !o$l%s" "ho$ a" once ha)e "he li+erali"y of "he rich' an% "he con"en"men" of "he poor? Shall "he -ife of "hy +osom +e %espise% +eca$se
she sho-e"h no" "he )ir"$es of "he -i%o-?
<:* If "hy fa"her sin, +efore "hee in "he %i)isions of "hy co$n"ry' can a" once "hy 9$s"ice %es"roy him' an% "hy %$"y sa)e his life?
<<* If "ho$ +ehol% "hy +ro"her in "he a#onies of slo- %ea"h' is no" mercy "o p$" a perio% "o his life? An% is i" no" also %ea"h "o +e his
m$r%erer?
<D* Tr$"h is +$" one( "hy %o$+"s are of "hine o-n raisin#* He -ho ma%e )ir"$es -ha" "hey are' plan"e% in "hee a ,no-le%#e of "heir pre4
eminence* Ac" as "hy so$l %ic"a"es "o "hee' an% "he en% shall +e al-ays ri#h"*
.HAPTER 7LIII
HLY INSTR0.TINS /RM THE PRPHET
THE INS0//I.IEN.Y / KN!LED&E
:* If "here is any"hin# lo)ely' if "here is any"hin# %esira+le' if "here is any"hin# -i"hin "he reach of man "ha" is -or"hy of praise' is i" no"
,no-le%#e? An% ye" -ho is i" "ha" a""aine"h i"?
<* The s"a"esman proclaime"h "ha" he ha"h i"( "he r$ler of "he people claime"h "he praise of i" 44 +$" fin%e"h "he s$+9ec" "ha" he posssesse"h
i"?
D* E)il is no" re8$isi"e "o man( nei"her can )ice +e necessary "o +e "olera"e%( ye" ho- many e)ils are permi""e% +y "he conni)ance of "he la-s(
ho- many crimes commi""e% +y "he %ecree of "he co$ncilA
E* B$" +e -ise' I r$ler' an% learn' I "ho$ "ha" are "o comman% "he na"ionsA ne crime a$"hori1e% +y "hee is -orse "han "he escape of "en
from p$nishmen"*
F* !hen "he people are n$mero$s' -hen "hy sons increase a+o$" "hy "a+le( sen%es" "ho$ "hem no" o$" "o slay "he innocen"' an% "o fall +efore
"he s-or% of him -hom "hey ha)e no" offen%e%?
G* If "he o+9ec"s of "hy %esire %eman%in# "he li)es of a "ho$san% saye"h "ho$ no"C >I -ill ha)e i"*> S$rely "ho$ for#e""e"h "ha" He -ho crea"e%
"hee' crea"e% also "hese( an% "ha" "heir +loo% is as rich as "hine ?
=* Saye"h "ho$' "ha" 9$s"ice canno" +e e6ec$"e% -i"ho$" -ron#? S$rely "hine o-n -or%s con%emn "hee*
H* Tho$ -ho fla""ere"h -i"h false hopes "he criminal "ha" he may confess his #$il"' ar" no" "ho$ $n"o him a criminal? r ar" "ho$ #$il"less'
+eca$se he canno" p$nish i"?
;* !hen "ho$ comman%es" "o "he "or"$re him -hom is +$" s$spec"e% of ill' %are"h "ho$ "o remem+er' "ha" "ho$ mayes" rac, "he innocen"?
:I* Is "hy p$rpose ans-ere% +y "he e)en"? Is "hy so$l sa"isfie% -i"h his confession? Pain -ill enforce him "o say -ha" is no"' as easy as -ha"
is' an% an#$ish ha"h ca$se% innocence "o acc$se herself*
::* Tha" "ho$ mayes" no" ,ill him -i"ho$" ca$se' "ho$ %os" -orse "han ,ill him( "ha" "ho$ mayes" pro)e if he +e #$il"y' "ho$ %e"sroye"h him
innocen"*
:<* I +lin%ness "o all "r$"hA I ins$fficience of "he -is%om of "he -iseA Kno-' -hen "hy 9$%#e shall +i% "hee acco$n" for "his' "ho$ shal" -ish
"en "ho$san% #$il"y "o ha)e #one free' ra"her "han one innocen" "o s"an% for"h a#ains" "hee*
:D* Ins$fficien" as "ho$ ar" "o "he main"enance of 9$s"ice' ho- shal" "ho$ arri)e a" "he ,no-le%#e of "r$"h? Ho- shal" "ho$ ascen% "o "he
foo"s"ep of her "hrone?
:E* As "he o-l is +lin%e% +y "he ra%iance of "he s$n' so shall "he +ri#h"ness of her co$n"enance %a11le "hee in "hy approaches*
:F* If "ho$ -o$l%s" mo$n" on"o her "hrone' firs" +o- "hyself a" her foo"s"ool* if "ho$ -o$l%s" arri)e a" "he ,no-le%#e of her' firs" inform
"hyself of "hine o-n i#norance*
:G* More -or"h is she "han pearls' "herefore see, her caref$lly( "he emeral% an% "he sapphire' an% "he r$+y are as %ir" +enea"h her fee"(
"herefore p$rs$e her manf$lly*
:=* The -ay "o her is la+or( a""en"ion is "he pilo" "ha" m$s" con%$c" "hee in"o her por"* B$" -eary no" on "he -ay( for -hen ar" arri)e% a" her'
"he "oil shall +e "o "hee for pleas$re*
:H* Say no" $n"o "hyselfC >Behol%' "r$"h +ree%e"h ha"re%' an% I -ill a)oi% i"( %issim$la"ion raise"h frien%s' an% I -ill follo- i"*> Are no" "he
enemies ma%e +y "r$"h' +e""er "han "he frien%s o+"aine% +y fla""ery?
:;* Na"$rally %o"h man %esire "he "r$"h( ye"' -hen i" is +efore him' he -ill no" apprehen% i"( an% if i" force i"self $pon him' he is no" offen%e%
a" i"*
<I* The fa$l" is no" in "r$"h' for "ha" is amia+le( +$" "he -ea,ness of man +are"h no" i"s splen%or*
<:* !o$l%s" "ho$ see "hine ins$fficence more plainly? Vie- a" "hy %e)o"ionsA To -ha" en% -as reli#ion ins"i"$"e%' +$" "o "each "hee "hine
infirmi"ies' "o remin% "hee of "hy -ea,ness' "o sho- "hee "ha" from Hea)en alone ar" "ho$ "o hope for #oo%?
<<* Do"h i" no" remin% "hee "ha" "ho$ ar" %$s"? Do"h i" no" "ell "hee "ha" "ho$ ar" ashes? An% +ehol% repen"ance' is i" no" frail"y?
<D* !hen "ho$ #i)es" an oa"h( -hen "ho$ s-eares" "ho$ -il" no" %ecei)e( +ehol% i" sprea%e"h shame $pon "hy face' an% $pon "he face of him
"ha" recei)e"h i"* Learn "o +e 9$s"' an% repen"ance may +e for#o""en( learn "o +e hones"' an% oa"hs are $nnecessary*
<E* The shor"er follies are' "he +e""er( say no" "herefore "o "hyselfC >I -ill no" play "he fool +y hal)es*>
<F* He "ha" heare"h his o-n fa$l"s -i"h pa"ience' shall repro)e ano"her -i"h +ol%ness*
<G* He "ha" #i)e"h a %enial -i"h reason' shall s$ffer a rep$lse -i"h mo%era"ion*
<=* If "ho$ ar" s$spec"e%' ans-er -i"h free%om* !hom sho$l% s$spicion affri#h"' e6cep" "he #$il"y?
<H* The "en%er of hear" is "$rne% from his p$rpose +y s$pplica"ions' "he pro$% is ren%ere% more o+s"ina"e +y en"rea"y( "he sense of "hine
ins$fficience comman%e"h "hee "o hear( +$" "o +e 9$s"' "ho$ m$s" hear -i"ho$" "hy passions*.HAPTER 7LIV
HLY INSTR0.TINS /RM THE PRPHET
MISERY
:* /ee+le an% ins$fficien" as "ho$ ar"' man' in #oo%( frail an% inconsis"en" as "ho$ ar" in pleas$re( ye" "here is a "hin# in -hich "ho$ ar"
s"ron# an% $nsha,en* I"s name is Misery*
<* I" is "he charac"er of "hy +ein#' "he prero#a"i)e of "hy na"$re( in "hy +reas" alone' i" resi%e"h( -i"ho$" "hee' "here is no"hin# of i"* An%
+ehol%' -ha" is i"s so$rce' +$" "hine o-n passions?
D* He -ho #a)e "hee "hese' #a)e "hee also reason "o s$+%$e "hem( e6er" i"' an% "ho$ shall "rample "hem $n%er "hy fee"A
E* Thine en"rance in"o "he -orl%' is i" no" shamef$l? Thy %es"r$c"ion' is i" no" #lorio$s44 LoA men a%orn "he ins"r$men"s of %ea"h -i"h #ol%
an% #ems an% -ear "hem a+o)e "heir #armen"s*
F* He -ho +e#e""e"h a man' hi%e"h his face( +$" he -ho ,ille"h a "ho$san% is honore%*
G* Kno- "ho$' no"-i"hs"an%in#' "ha" in "his is error* .$s"om canno" al"er "he na"$re of "r$"h' nei"her can "he opinion of man %es"roy 9$s"ice(
"he #lory an% "he shame are misplace%*
=* There is +$" one -ay for a man "o +e pro%$ce%( "here are a "ho$san% +y -hich he may +e %es"roye%*
H* There is no praise or honor "o him -ho #i)e"h +ein# "o ano"her( +$" "ri$mphs an% empire are "he re-ar%s of m$r%er*
;* Ye" he -ho ha"h many chil%ren' ha"h many +lessin#s( an% he -ho ha"h "a,en a-ay "he life of ano"her' shall no" en9oy his o-n*
:I* !hile "he sa)a#e c$rse"h "he +ir"h of his son' an% +lesse"h "he %ea"h of his fa"her' %o"h he no" call himself a mons"er?
::* The #rea"es" of all h$man ills is sorro-( "oo m$ch of "his "ho$ ar" +orn in"o( a%% no" $n"o i" +y "hy o-n per)erseness*
:<* &rief is na"$ral "o "hee' an% is al-ays a+o$" "hee( pleas$re is a s"ran#er an% )isi"e"h "hee +y "imes( $se -ell "hy reason' an% sorro- -ill +e
cas" +ehin% "hee( +e pr$%en"' an% "he )isi"s of 9oy shall remain lon# -i"h "hee*
:D* E)ery par" of "hy frame is capa+le of sorro-' +$" fe- an% narro- are "he pa"hs "ha" lea% "o %eli#h"*
:E* Pleas$res can +e a%mi""e% only simply' +$" pains r$sh in a "ho$san% a" a "ime*
:F* As "he +la1e of s"ra- fa%e"h as soon as i" is ,in%ele%' so passe"h a-ay "he +ri#h"ness of 9oy' an% "ho$ ,no-e"h no" -ha" +ecome of i"*
:G* Sorro- is fre8$en"' pleas$re is rare( pain come"h of i"self( %eli#h" m$s" +e p$rchase%( #rief is $nmi6e%' +$" 9oy -an"e"h no" i"s alloy of
+i"erness*
:=* As "he so$n%es" heal"h is less percie)e% "han "he li#h"es" mala%y' so "he hi#hes" 9oy "o$che"h $s less %eep "han "he smalles" sorro-*
:H* !e are in lo)e -i"h an#$ish( -e of"en fly from pleas$re( -hen -e p$rchase i"' cos"e"h i" no" more "han i" is -or"h?
:;* Reflec"ion is "he +$siness of man( sense of his s"a"e is his firs" %$"y( +$" -ho remem+ere"h himself a +oy? Is i" no" in mercy' "hen' "ha"
sorro- is allo""e% $n"o $s?
<I* Man forsee"h "he e)il "ha" is "o come( he remem+ere"h i" -hen i" is pas"( he consi%ere"h no" "ha" "he "ho$#h" of afflic"ion -o$n%e"h
%eeper "han "he afflic"ion i"self* Thin, no" of "hy pain' +$" -hen i" is $pon "hee' an% "ho$ shal" a)oi% -ha" mos" h$r" "hee*
<:* He -ho -eepe"h +efore he nee%e"h' -eepe"h more "han he nee%e"h( an% -hy' +$" "ha" he lo)e"h -eepin#?
<<* The s"a# -eepe"h no" "ill "he spear is lif"e% a#ains" him( nor %o "he "ears of "he +ea)er fall' "ill "he ho$n% is rea%y "o sie1e him( man
an"icipa"e"h %ea"h +y "he apprehension of i"C an% "he fear is #rea"er misery "han "he e)en" i"self*
<D* Be al-ays prepare% "o #i)e an acco$n" of "hine ac"ion( an% "he +es" %ea"h is "ha" -hich is leas" preme%i"a"e%*
.HAPTER 7LV
THE DIVINE RI&IN / THE ASIATI. NATINS
:* The fallen sons an% %a$#h"ers of "he Asia"ic Na"ion of Nor"h America nee% "o learn "o lo)e ins"ea% of ha"e( an% "o ,no- "heir hi#her self
an% lo-er self* This is "he $ni"in# of "he Holy Koran of Mecca' for "eachin# an% ins"r$c"in# all Moorish Americans' e"c*
<* The ,ey of ci)ili1a"ion -as an% is in "he han%s of "he Asia"ic na"ions* The Moorish' -ho -ere ancien" Moa+i"es' an% "he fo$n%ers of "he
Holy .i"y of Mecca*
D* The E#yp"ians -ho -ere "he Hama"hi"es' an% of a %irec" %escen%an" of Mi1raim' "he Ara+ians' "he see% of Ha#ar' 5apanese an% .hinese*
E* The Hin%oos of In%ia' "he %escen%an"s of "he ancien" .anaani"es' Hi""i"es' an% Moa+i"es of "he lan% of .anaan*
F* The Asia"ic na"ions of Nor"h' So$"h' an% .en"ral AmericaC "he Moorish Americans an% Me6icans of Nor"h America' Bra1ilians' Ar#en"inians
an% .hilians in So$"h America*
G* .ol$m+ians' Nicara#$ans' an% "he na"i)es of San Sal)a%or in .en"ral America' e"c* All of "hese are Moslems*
=* The T$r,s are "he "r$e %escen%an"s of Ha#ar' -ho are "he chief pro"ec"ors of "he Islamic .ree% of Mecca( +e#innin# from Mohamme% "he
/irs"' "he fo$n%in# of "he $ni"in# of Islam' +y "he comman% of "he #rea" $ni)ersal &o%44Allah*
.HAPTER 7LVI
THE BE&INNIN& / .HRISTIANITY
:* The fo$n%a"ion of .hris"iani"y +e#an in Rome* The Roman na"ions fo$n%e% "he firs" .h$rch' of -hom cr$cifie% 5es$s of Na1are"h for
see,in# "o re%eem His people from $n%er "he Roman yo,e an% la-*
<* 5es$s himself -as of "he "r$e +loo% of "he ancien" .anaani"es an% Moa+i"es an% "he inha+i"an"s of Africa*
D* See,in# "o re%eem His people in "hose %ays from "he press$re of "he pale s,in na"ions of E$rope' Rome cr$cifie% Him accor%in# "o "heir
la-*
E* Then E$rope ha% peace for a lon# "ime $n"il Mohamme% "he /irs" came $pon "he scene an% f$lfille% "he -or,s of 5es$s of Na1are"h*
F* The holy "eachin# of 5es$s -as "o "he common people' "o re%eem "hem from $n%er "he #rea" press$re of "he han%s of "he $n9$s"* Tha" "he
r$lers an% "he rich -o$l% no" oppress "he poor* Also "ha" "he lion an% "he lam+ may lay %o-n "o#e"her an% nei"her -o$l% +e harme% -hen
mornin# came*
G* These "eachin#s -ere no" accep"e% +y "he r$lers' nei"her +y "he rich( +eca$se "hey lo)e% "he principles of "he "en comman%men"s*
=* Thro$#h "he "en comman%men"s "he r$lers an% "he rich li)e' -hile "he poor s$ffer an% %ie*
H* The lam+ is "he poor people' "he lion is "he r$lers an% "he rich' an% "hro$#h Lo)e' Tr$"h' Peace' /ree%om' an% 5$s"ice all men are one an%
e8$al "o see, "heir o-n %es"iny( an% "o -orship $n%er "heir o-n )ine an% fi# "ree* Af"er "he principles of "he holy an% %i)ine la-s of "heir
forefa"hers*
;* All na"ions of "he ear"h in "hese mo%ern %ays are see,in# peace' +$" "here is +$" one "r$e an% %i)ine -ay "ha" peace may +e o+"aine% in
"hese %ays' an% i" is "hro$#h Lo)e' Tr$"h' Peace' /ree%om' an% 5$s"ice +ein# "a$#h" $ni)ersally "o all na"ions' in all lan%s*
.HAPTER 7LVII
E&YPT' THE .APITAL EMPIRE / THE DMININ / A/RI.A
:* The inha+i"an"s of Africa are "he %escen%an"s of "he ancien" .anaani"es from "he lan% of .anaan*
<* l% man .$sh an% his family are "he firs" inha+i"an"s of Africa -ho came from "he lan% of .anaan*
D* His fa"her Ham an% his family -ere secon%* Then came "he -or% E"hiopia' -hich means "he %emarca"ion line of "he %ominion of Ame6em'
"he firs" "r$e an% %i)ine name of Africa* The %i)i%in# of "he lan% +e"-een "he fa"her an% "he son*
E* The %ominion of .$sh' Nor"h4Eas" an% So$"h4Eas" Africa an% Nor"h4!es" an% So$"h4!es" -as his fa"her3s %ominion of Africa*
F* In la"er years many of "heir +re"heren from Asia an% "he Holy Lan%s 9oine% "hem*
G* The Moa+i"es from "he lan% of Moa+ -ho recei)e% permission from "he Pharaohs of E#yp" "o se""le an% inha+i" Nor"h4!es" Africa( "hey
-ere "he fo$n%ers an% are "he "r$e possessors of "he presen" Moroccan Empire* !i"h "heir .anaani"e' Hi""i"e' an% Amori"e +re"heren -ho
so9o$rne% from "he lan% of .anaan see,in# ne- homes*
=* Their %ominion an% inha+i"a"ion e6"en%e% from Nor"h4Eas" an% So$"h4!es" Africa' across #rea" A"lan"is e)en $n"o "he presen" Nor"h'
So$"h' an% .en"ral America an% also Me6ico an% "he A"lan"is Islan%s( +efore "he #rea" ear"h8$a,e' -hich ca$se% "he #rea" A"lan"ic cean*
H* The Ri)er Nile -as %re%#e% an% ma%e +y "he ancien" Pharaohs of E#yp"' in or%er "o "ra%e -i"h "he s$rro$n%in# ,in#%oms* Also "he Ni#er
ri)er -as %re%#e% +y "he #rea" Pharaoh of E#yp" in "hose ancien" %ays for "ra%e' an% i" e6"en%s eas"-ar% from "he Ri)er Nile' -es"-ar% across
"he #rea" A"lan"ic* I" -as $se% for "ra%e an% "ranspor"aion*
;* Accor%in# "o all "r$e an% %i)ine recor%s of "he h$man race "here is no ne#ro' +lac,' or colore% race a""ache% "o "he h$man family' +eca$se
all "he inha+i"an"s of Africa -ere an% are of "he h$man race' %escen%an"s of "he ancien" .anaani"e na"ion from "he holy lan% of .anaan*
:I* !ha" yo$r ancien" forefa"hers -ere' yo$ are "o%ay -i"ho$" %o$+" or con"ra%ic"ion*
::* There is no one -ho is a+le "o chan#e man from "he %escen%an" na"$re of his forefa"hers( $nless his po-er e6"en%s +eyon% "he #rea"
$ni)ersal .rea"or Allah Himself*
:<* These holy an% %i)ine la-s are from "he Prophe"' No+le Dre- Ali' "he fo$n%er of "he $ni"in# of "he Moorish Science Temple of America*
:D* These la-s are "o +e s"ric"ly preser)e% +y "he mem+ers of all "he Temples' of "he Moorish Science Temple of America* Tha" "hey -ill learn
"o open "heir mee"in# an% #$i%e i" accor%in# "o "he principles of Lo)e' Tr$"h' Peace' /ree%om an% 5$s"ice*
:E* E)ery s$+or%ina"e Temple of "he &ran%4Ma9or Temple is "o form $n%er "he co)enan" of Lo)e' Tr$"h' Peace' /ree%om an% 5$s"ice( an% "o
crea"e "heir o-n la-s an% c$s"oms' in con9$nc"ion -i"h "he la-s of "he Holy Prophe" an% "he &ran% Temple* I' "he Prophe"' No+le Dre- Ali'
-as sen" +y "he #rea" &o%' Allah' "o -arn all Asia"ics of America "o repen" from "heir sinf$l -ays( +efore "ha" #rea" an% a-f$l %ay "ha" is s$re
"o come*
:F* The "ime has come -hen e)ery na"ion m$s" -orship $n%er i"s o-n )ine an% fi# "ree' an% e)ery "on#$e m$s" confess his o-n*
:G* Thro$#h sin an% %iso+e%ience e)ery na"ion has s$ffere% sla)ery' %$e "o "he fac" "ha" "hey honore% no" "he cree% an% principles of "heir
forefa"hers*
:=* Tha" is -hy "he na"ionali"y of "he Moors -as "a,en a-ay from "hem in :==E an% "he -or% ne#ro' +lac, an% colore%' -as #i)en "o "he
Asia"ics of America -ho -ere of Moorish %escen"' +eca$se "hey honore% no" "he principles of "heir mo"her an% fa"her' an% s"raye% af"er "he
#o%s of E$rope of -hom "hey ,ne- no"hin#*
.HAPTER 7LVIII
THE END / TIME AND THE /0L/ILLIN& / THE PRPHESIES
:* The las" Prophe" in "hese %ays is No+le Dre- Ali' -ho -as prepare% %i)inely in %$e "ime +y Allah "o re%eem men from "heir sinf$l -ays(
an% "o -arn "hem of "he #rea" -ra"h -hich is s$re "o come $pon "he ear"h*
<* 5ohn "he Bap"is" -as "he forer$nner of 5es$s in "hose %ays' "o -arn an% s"ir $p "he na"ion an% prepare "hem "o recei)e "he %i)ine cree%
-hich -as "o +e "a$#h" +y 5es$s*
D* In "hese mo%ern %ays "here came a forer$nner of 5es$s' -ho -as %i)inely prepare% +y "he #rea" &o%4Allah an% his name is Marc$s &ar)ey'
-ho %i% "each an% -arn "he na"ions of "he ear"h "o prepare "o mee" "he comin# Prophe"( -ho -as "o +rin# "he "r$e an% %i)ine .ree% of Islam'
an% his name is No+le Dre- Ali -ho -as prepare% an% sen" "o "his ear"h +y Allah' "o "each "he ol% "ime reli#ion an% "he e)erlas"in# #ospel "o
"he sons of men* Tha" e)ery na"ion shall an% m$s" -orship $n%er "heir o-n )ine an% fi# "ree' an% re"$rn "o "heir o-n an% +e one -i"h "heir
/a"her &o%4Allah*
E* The Moorish Science Temple of America is a la-f$lly char"ere% an% incorpora"e% or#ani1a"ion* Any s$+or%ina"e Temple "ha" %esires "o
recei)e a char"er( "he prophe" has "hem "o iss$e "o e)ery s"a"e "hro$#ho$" "he 0ni"e% S"a"es' e"c*
F* Tha" "he -orl% may hear an% ,no- "he "r$"h' "ha" amon# "he %escen%an"s of Africa "here is s"ill m$ch -is%om "o +e learne% in "hese %ays
for "he re%emp"ion of "he sons of men $n%er Lo)e' Tr$"h' Peace' /ree%om' an% 5$s"ice*
G* !e' as a clean an% p$re na"ion %escen%e% from "he inha+i"an"s of Africa' %o no" %esire "o amal#ama"e or marry in"o "he families of "he
pale s,in na"ions of E$rope* Nei"her ser)e "he #o%s of "heir reli#ion' +eca$se o$r forefa"hers are "he "r$e an% %i)ine fo$n%ers of "he firs"
reli#io$s cree%' for "he re%emp"ion an% sal)a"ion of man,in% on ear"h*
=* Therefore -e are re"$rnin# "he .h$rch an% .hris"iani"y +ac, "o "he E$ropean Na"ions' as i" -as prepare% +y "heir forefa"hers for "heir
ear"hly sal)a"ion*
H* !hile -e' "he Moorish Americans are re"$rnin# "o Islam' -hich -as fo$n%e% +y o$r forefa"hers for o$r ear"hly an% %i)ine sal)a"ion*
;* The co)enan" of "he #rea" &o%4AllahC >Honor "hey fa"her an% "hey mo"her "ha" "hy %ays may +e lon#er $pon "he ear"h lan%' -hich "he Lor%
"hy &o%' Allah ha"h #i)en "heeA>
:I* .ome all ye Asia"ics of America an% hear "he "r$"h a+o$" yo$r na"ionali"y an% +ir"hri#h"s' +eca$se yo$ are no" ne#roes* Learn of yo$r
forefa"hers ancien" an% %i)ine .ree%* Tha" yo$ -ill learn "o lo)e ins"ea% of ha"e*
::* !e are "ryin# "o $plif" fallen h$mani"y* .ome an% lin, yo$rsel)es -i"h "he families of na"ions* !e honor all "he "r$e an% %i)ine prophe"s*