16 December, 2006

86 - The Night-Comer

Thou Allah! Thou Gracious! Thou Merciful! Thou Beloved!

  1. Deep in the midnight of dreams a star of piercing clarity.
  2. The sweet love-gift of Allah!
  3. A drop emitted; let man consider the source of his creation.
  4. The law of causation is an inexorable chain of cause and effect.
  5. What is the first cause, what is the last effect?
  6. If the chain were not unbroken, there would be none to consider it.
  7. If causation did not extend right to Allah, there would be none to know him.
  8. Therefore grant a delay to the Unbelievers: give respite to them gently.
  9. They are in the same malestrom of creation, but they do not see the face of the wind.