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Translation of a Persian couplet:<br />

I talked very little and feared hurting your heart<br />

Knowing your short temper, I refrained from what I’d impart.<br />

May Allahu ta’âlâ bless us with doing the things which He<br />

likes! For the sake of His beloved Prophet, Hadrat Muhammad,<br />

and his dear Ahl-i bayt, may He accept our prayer! The carrier<br />

of this letter, Mawlânâ Ishâq, is an acquaintance and mukhlis of<br />

this faqîr. We have shared the rights of neighbors for a long<br />

time. If he asks for any sort of assistance, I hope that you will<br />

not disappoint him, inshâ’Allah. He has the talent of elegance of<br />

style in handwriting. Wassalâm.<br />

No, no! You are never treated unjustly by your Allah!<br />

What you suffer from is an atonement for your deeds!<br />

42 – SECOND VOLUME, 81st LETTER<br />

This letter, written to Muhammad Murâd, gives advice<br />

and praises warâ’ and taqwâ.<br />

Hamd be to Allahu ta’âlâ and salâm to the people whom He<br />

chooses and loves! I am afraid that my dear friends might have<br />

been deceived by the decorated and ornamented sins of the<br />

world. I get worried thinking that they might fall for its pretty and<br />

sweet appearance, like children. I feel anxious that with the<br />

prodding of the accursed devil and the human satans they may<br />

cease from what is mubâh (permitted) and do what is dubious<br />

or dive into the harâm, thus falling down to a shameful state in<br />

the presence of our Owner. It is necessary to repent and ask for<br />

Allah’s pardon and entreat Him. Things that are harâm or<br />

dubious should be known as fatal poisons. Couplet:<br />

In short, what is there to tell you but,<br />

You are a child, and the way is dreadful.<br />

Being very bounteous, generous and merciful, Allahu ta’âlâ<br />

made many things mubâh (permissible) for His born servants;<br />

He gave us permission to do many things. So wretched and<br />

poor are those who, not being satisfied with the mubâh<br />

because of their sick souls and corrupt hearts, exceed the<br />

borders of Islam and go as far as to do the dubious or harâm<br />

things, leaving off so many inexhaustible mubâh choices. It is<br />

necessary to observe the borders of Islam and not to go beyond<br />

it. There are many people who perform namâz and who fast<br />

customarily and habitually. But those who observe the borders<br />

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