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“O thou who art partaking of the Heavenly Food!…” |
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Know thou verily the Divine Food is descending
from heaven, but only those taste thereof who are
directed to the light of guidance, and only those can
enjoy it who are endowed with a sound taste. Otherwise
every diseased soul disliketh the delicious and merciful
food and this is because of the sickness which
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hath seized him, whereby the El-Zekkum
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is sweet (to
his taste) while he fleeth from the ripe fruit of the Tree
of the Living and Pre-existent God—and there is no
wonder in that.
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In a similar way, thou beholdest some women who
have abandoned the Testament, and to them the bitterness
of discord is sweet. They keep aloof from the
Extended Shadow and dwell under the shade of a
“black smoke.” Alas for them and grief for them!
They will surely lament and find themselves in loss.
Verily, this is but an evident truth!
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El-Zekkum—a thorny tree so called, which bears fruit like an almond, but extremely bitter. Therefore the tree symbolizes a very sever punishment and bitter remorse for the unbelievers.
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