بخش 13 - بیان آنک نور که غذای جانست غذای جسم اولیا می‌شود تا او هم یار می‌شود روح را کی اسلم شیطانی علی یدی

Although that (Light) is the food of the spirit and the (spiritual) sight, the body too partakes of it, O son.

If the devilish body had not become fond of eating it, the Prophet would not have said, “The devil accepted Islam.”

How should the devil become a Moslem until it drink of the sweet food by which the dead is made living?

The devil is passionately in love with the world, blind and deaf; (but this) love, no doubt, may be cut off by another love.

When it tastes the wine from the cellar of clairvoyance, little by little it will transfer its love thither.

O thou whose belly is greedy, turn away thus (from the world): the only method is change of food.

O thou whose heart is sick, turn to the remedy: the entire regimen is change of disposition.

O thou who art kept in pawn to food, thou wilt escape if thou suffer thyself to be weaned.

Verily, in hunger there is plenteous food: search after it diligently and cherish the hope (of finding it), O shrinker.

Feed on the Light, be like the eye, be in accord with the angels, O best of mankind.

Like the Angel, make the glorification of God thy food, that like the angels thou mayst be delivered from vexation.

If Gabriel pays no attention to the carcase, (yet) how should he be inferior in strength to the vulture?

What a goodly table is spread in the world! But it is quite hidden from the eyes of the vile.

Though the world should become a delightful orchard, still the portion of the mouse and the snake would consist of earth.