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The Lifting of the Veil Or The gems of Islam

1931

This is why Ibn-i }Thadun says that owing to the presence of the brain and the five-fold senses the soul is deprived of its treasures of knowledge and is liable to sleep and swoon and that when it becomes perfect and purified then it obtains knowledge without the aid of the body ; that is to say without the instrmentality of the five senses and the mind. [...] A..) 31 01) Jr ot-fr"28 THE LIFTING OF THE VEIL The Mawland has described the All-embraing Intelligence ip the Masnavi in the following words : The entilvty of the Universe is in the image of thy all-embracing Intelligence Which is the Grandfather of all the eloquent ones! 1 The purport of this is that the form of the Universe is the form of the All-embracing Knoledge that is Omnisc [...] The truth is that excitement and impatience increase when one is near to the attaiment of the end in view and the fear of failure at the last moment is the most annoying of all asSPIRITUAL JOY 41 the saying is that the fever of longing increases as the goal approaches near. [...] I) 4)).i."41) THE LIFTING OF THE VEIL The author of the Masnavi whose work ranks in the Moslem Literature immediately after the Qur'an and the'lliadik3 holds with reference to the slavers of Mansur : If the pen be in the hand of the perverse Mansur must needs be impaled !1 When the vile are in power The Prophets will lie put to death ! "2 The truth is that the masses at large are not familiar [...] THE LIFTING OF THE VEIL in the reminciatign of desires are cheerfully edured :--- So long as the S fitik iti ! yeller on the Path) does not attain to Eternity (Immortality) He makes his body feeble and dead as stated !1 " The death of the body in the practising of Asceticism is Life; The suffering of the flesh is stability for the Soul ! "2 The object is to destroy the apparent (lower) sel
philosophy religion
Pages
194
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.142620
Segment Pages Author Actions
Introducation
i-v Champat Jain view
Chapter I. Explanation of the Mystery
1-6 unknown view
Chapter II. Object of Religion
7-8 unknown view
Chapter III. Immortal Life
9-12 unknown view
Chapter IV. All-Embracing Knowledge
13-28 unknown view
Chapter V. Spiritual Joy
29-36 unknown view
Chapter VI. Pure Soul
37-61 unknown view
Chapter VII. The Physical Body
62-68 unknown view
Chapter VIII. The Desiring-Nafs
69-85 unknown view
Chapter IX. Renunciation
86-128 unknown view
Chapter X. Creator
129-153 unknown view
Chapter XI. Transmigration of Souls
154-166 unknown view
Chapter XII. Cow Sacrifice
167-180 unknown view
Last Word
181-188 unknown view
Backmatter
i-i unknown view

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