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Ábí `Abdi'lláh: `You are the Way mentioned in the
Book of God, and you are the Impost, and you are
the Pilgrimage.' He replied: `O man! We are the
Way mentioned in the Book of God,--exalted and
glorified be He--and We are the Impost, and We
are the Fast, and We are the Pilgrimage, and We are
the Sacred Month, and We are the Sacred City, and
We are the Kaaba of God, and We are the Qiblih of
God, and We are the Face of God.'" Jabír hath said
that Abú-Ja'far--peace be upon him--spoke to him
as follows: "O Jabír! Give heed unto the Bayán
(Exposition) and the Má'ání (Significances)." He--peace be upon him--added: "As to the Bayán, it
consisteth in thy recognition of God--glorified be
He--as the One Who hath no equal, and in thy adoration
of Him, and in thy refusal to join partners with
Him. As to the Má'ání, We are its meaning, and its
side, and its hand, and its tongue, and its cause, and
its command, and its knowledge, and its right. If
We wish for something, it is God Who wisheth it,
and He desireth that which We desire." Moreover,
the Commander of the Faithful (Imám `Alí)--peace
be upon him--hath said: "How can I worship a Lord
Whom I have not seen?" And, in another connection,
he saith: "Nothing have I perceived except that I
perceived God before it, God after it, or God with it."
O Shaykh! Ponder upon the things which have
been mentioned, perchance thou mayest quaff the
Sealed Wine through the power of the name of Him
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