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Gleams
Note
Warning
Statement of Intention
The Supplicant
Two Sublime Proofs of the Affirmation of Divine Unity
Causes Are Purely Apparent
Existence Is Not Restricted to the Physical World
The Universality of the Pen of Power Proclaims Divine Unity
Nothing Can Exist Without Everything Else
The Sun’s Motion Is for Gravity, and Gravity Makes Stable the Solar System
Small Things Are Tied to Big Things
There Is a Miraculousness in the Order of the Universe
Everything Is Equal Before Divine Power
Without Holding the Universe in One’s Hand, One Cannot Create a Particle
Raising a Species to Life Is the Same as Raising to Life an Individual
Nature Is Divine Art
The Conscience Recognizes Allah the Most High Through Attraction
Innate Disposition Speaks the Truth
Prophethood Is Essential for Humankind
The Ascension Was for the Angels What the Splitting of the Moon Was for Humankind
The Proof of the Confession of Faith Is Within It
Life Is a Manifestation of Unity
Spirit Is a Law Clothed in External Existence
Existence Without Life Resembles Non-Existence
Thanks to Life, the Ant Is Greater Than the Earth
Christianity Will Submit to Islam
The Impossible May Appear Possible When Seen Indirectly
The Qur’an Requires Mirrors, Not Someone to Act on Its Behalf
The Falsifier of the Truth Looks on the False as True
The Mirrors of Divine Power Are Numerous
Representation Is of Various Sorts
All Those Qualified May Interpret the Law, but They May Not Be Lawgivers
The Light of Reason Comes From the Heart
The Levels of Knowledge in the Mind Are Various and Complicated
Undigested Knowledge Should Not Be Imparted to Others
Destruction Is Easy; the Weak Person Is Destructive
Force Should Always Serve Right
Sometimes Opposites Comprise Their Opposites
Politics Based on Self-Interest Is Savagery
No Limit Has Been Placed on Man’s Powers, so His Crimes Are Great
Sometimes Good Leads to Evil
The Absence of an Objective Strengthens Egotism
The Life of Revolution Sprang From the Death of Zakat and the Life of Usury
If Humankind Wants Life, It Must Put to Death Usury of Every Sort
Humankind Smashed Slavery, so Will It Smash Wage-Earning
An Unlawful Way Leads to the Opposite of What Was Intended
A Grain of Truth Is to Be Found in the Jabriyya and Mu‘Tazila
Impotence and Anxiety Are for the Inadequate
Sometimes Little Things Do Big Works
For Some People a Moment Is a Year
Falsehoods Are Blasphemies
A Dream Assembly, Comparisons Between the Shari‘A and Modern Civilization, and the Genius of Modern Science and Guidance of the Shari‘A
The Ignorant Suppose Metaphors to Be Fact
Exaggeration Is Implied Disparagement
Fame Is Tyrannical
Those Who Suppose Religion and Life Can Be Separated Are the Cause of Disaster
Death Is Not Terrifying as Is Imagined
Politics Are a Satan in the World of Ideas; One Should Seek Refuge with Allah the Most High From Them
Weakness Emboldens the Enemy; Allah the Most High May Try His Servants, but They May Not Try Him
Don’t Overdo It in Things You Like
The Eye of Obstinacy Supposes an Angel to Be Satan
After Finding What’s Right, Don’t Cause Dispute for the Sake of Something Better
Islam Is Peace and Reconciliation, It Wants No Dispute or Hostility Within
There Is Great Wisdom in the Creation and Combining of Opposites: The Sun and a Minute Particle Are Equal in the Hand of Power
If You Have Any Qualities, They Should Remain in the Dust of Concealment, so They May Flourish
It Is Mistaken to Feel Mercy and Anger Greater Than Allah the Most High’s
Wastefulness Leads to Squandering, Squandering Leads to Poverty
The Sense of Taste Is a Telegraphist; Don’t Seduce It by Gratifying It
Like Intention, Point of View May Transform Habitual Actions Into Worship
At This Time the Shari‘A Does Not Permit Us Affluence
Sometimes the Absence of Bounty Is Bounty
All Misfortunes Have Sides Which Are Bounty
Don’t Appear Important, or You’ll Be Put Down
If Qualities Change Places, Their Natures Change
Both ‘Truth Will Prevail,’ and Its Consequences, Are Intended
A Few Social Principles
Women Left Their Homes and Led Mankind Astray; They Should Return There
The Scope of Divine Power Rejects Intermediaries and Helpers
The Angels Are a Community, Charged with the Shari‘A of Creation
As Matter Is Refined, Life Is Intensified
Materialism Is an Immaterial Plague
There Is Nothing Idle in Existence; the Unemployed Man Works on Account of Non-Existence
Usury and Interest Cause Absolute Harm to Islam
The Qur’an Will Defend Itself and Perpetuate Its Sovereignty
Reminding About Incontestable Matters Is Needed, Rather Than Instruction in Theoretical Ones
Hadiths Say to the Qur’an’s Verses: It’s Impossible to Reach You!
Expound the Qur’an’s Miraculousness Concisely
The Fanciful, Lust-Exciting Genius-Style Hand of Western Literature Cannot Reach up to the Healing, Light-Scattering, Guidance-Laden, Eternal Literature of the Qur’an
Branches Offer Fruits in the Name of Mercy
An Explanation of the Three Ways Indicated at the End of Sura Al-Fatiha
All True Pain Lies in Misguidance, and All True Pleasure in Belief; a Mighty Truth Robed in Imagination
Reply to the Anglican Church
Konferans
Supplication
Fihrist
The Letters
The Flashes
The Rays
Signs of Miraculousness
Staff of Moses
Emirdag Letters
Comparisons of Belief and Disbelief
Rational Arguments

Politics Based on Self‑Interest Is Savagery

The politics of the present, which is founded on self‑interest, is a rapacious beast.

If you show affection to a ravenous beast, you will not attract its compassion but will whet its appetite.

Then it will turn on you, and both its claws and fangs will want their rent.