Suhrawardi - Three Treatises on Mysticism.pdf - Platonic Philosophy

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from the graves they hie unto their Lord." * "When the
contents of the graves are poured forth and the secrets of
the breasts are made known, on that day
will their Lord be
perfectly informed concerning them." 2
When the peacock came out of the veils he saw, himself
in the garden, and his colours, and the garden, and
the flowers, and the figures, and the expanse of the world,
and the ability of walking and flying,
and the sounds and
tunes of other birds. He remained astonished about the
state of affairs and felt regret. "Alas, my grief that I was
unmindful of 8 " Allah; "And now We have removed from
thee thy covering, and piercing
is
thy sight this day." 4
44Why, then, when [the soul] cometh upto the throat [of the
dying] and ye are at that moment, looking; and We re
nearer unto him than ye are, but ye see not"
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"Nay, but ye
will come to know! Nay, but ye
will come to know!" 6
CHATTER NINE.
All the stars arid constellations spoke to Idrls peace
be
upon him. He asked the moon: "Why does your light
decrease sometimes and increase at others?'' She replied:
"Know you
! that my body is black, but polished and clear
and I have no light.
But when I am opposite to the sun,
in proportion to the opposition an amount of his light 7
appears in the mirror of my body; as the figures of the
other bodies appear in the mirror. When I come to the
1. Quran XXVI, 51.
2. Quran C, 9-11.
3. Quran XXXIX, 57.
4. Quran L, 27.
5. Quran LVI, 82.
6. Quran Oil, 3-4.
7. Of. mathalu mlrihi in Quran XXVI, 35.