What is man? An all-embracing isthmus, the form of creatures and of God placed within him.
He is a copy in synopsis whose content is the Essence of God and His ineffable Attributes.
Connected to the subtleties of the World of Power, inclusive of the verities of the World of Dominion,
His inward is drowned in the sea of Unity, his outward dry-lipped on the shore of separation.
There is not one of the Attributes of God which is not manifest in his essence.
He is knowing, hearing and seeing, speaking, willing, alive and powerful.
In the same way, of the realities of the Universe, everything is incorporated within him:
Take the Heavens or the elements, or take minerals, plants and animals;
The form of good and bad are written within him, the behavior of devil and beast are kneaded in him.
If he was not the mirror of the Face of the Everlasting, why did the angels prostrate themselves to him?
He is the reflection of the beauty of the Immaculate Presence; if Iblîs cannot fathom this, so what?-A Sufi
He is a copy in synopsis whose content is the Essence of God and His ineffable Attributes.
Connected to the subtleties of the World of Power, inclusive of the verities of the World of Dominion,
His inward is drowned in the sea of Unity, his outward dry-lipped on the shore of separation.
There is not one of the Attributes of God which is not manifest in his essence.
He is knowing, hearing and seeing, speaking, willing, alive and powerful.
In the same way, of the realities of the Universe, everything is incorporated within him:
Take the Heavens or the elements, or take minerals, plants and animals;
The form of good and bad are written within him, the behavior of devil and beast are kneaded in him.
If he was not the mirror of the Face of the Everlasting, why did the angels prostrate themselves to him?
He is the reflection of the beauty of the Immaculate Presence; if Iblîs cannot fathom this, so what?-A Sufi
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