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(2) Thou thyself art the outward lover, conformably to usage; thou thyself art in reality the Beloved!
(3) Couldst thou but find a way to thine own mystery, without doubt, thou shouldst know God and the world.
(4) For this reason, it is said in the Behr-i-safa : there is none but God inside my cloak.
(5) Purest water thou art, and seekest thou water; it is strange! Thine Treasures thou hast forgotten, and now askest for them; it is strange ! (6) Thyself a king, why remainest thou a beggar ? Owner of all treasures, why art thou penniless?
(7) The Beloved is hidden under the veil, like water that lieth concealed beneath a bubble.
(8) Lift up the veil and behold the glory of the Beloved; open thine eyes and perceive the face of the mystery!
(9) Separateness is destroyed by the sense becoming illuminated; thine own being hath come over thy face as a veil.
All these are beautiful commentaries on the simple statement of truth by the Prophet:
"He who knoweth himself, knoweth God " (Sayings of Mahomed).
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