is wonderful in its outward form

            and its inner meanings 

             are profound.

Sermon 18

The Revelation

           O Ali you see what I see

           only that you are not a prophet          

           and on the path of virtue".

The Spring Of Hearts

           Learn the Qur'an,

           for it is the most splendid of all  speech;

           and become learned in it;

           for it is the spring of the hearts.

           Cure yourselves with its light,

           for it is a remedy for sick hearts

           Recite it in the best manner,

           for it is the fairest of accounts.

When the Revelation descended on the

Prophet, may God bless him and his

Household, I heard a wailing cry;

I said: "O Messenger of Allah,

what is this wailing? "

He replied,

"This is satan, who has lost

all hope of being worshiped.

  and you hear what I hear;

 But you are a minister

                               Sermon 192

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