(48) And in that place I saw the fountain of righteousness Which was inexhaustible: And around it were many fountains of wisdom; And all the thirsty drank of them, And were filled with wisdom, And their dwellings were with the righteous and holy and elect.

(21) And giving a bad name to men who fast and are liberal; Yet the grace of God, despite this fraud, Mercy may prevail over vengeance, and give the hypocrite God may purge his dealings from that hypocrisy, In order that the pardoning grace of God may be seen, Wherefore God rains down water from the sign Pisces, Thus acts and words are witnesses of the mind within, When your vision cannot penetrate within, Acts and words resemble the sick man's water, But the physician of the spirit penetrates the soul,

(1) Doing kindness is the game and quarry of good men, Wherever there is a pain there goes the remedy, Seek not water, only show you are thirsty, That you may hear the words, "The Lord gives them to drink," Be athirst! Allah knows what is best for you. Seek you the water of mercy? Be downcast, Withhold not, then, mercy from any one, O son! If of yourself you cannot journey to the Ka'ba, Cries and groans are a powerful means, The nurse and the mother keep excusing themselves,

(6) The water which thou seest springs not from vein Restored by vapour that the cold condenses, Like to a stream that gains or loses breath; But issues from a fountain safe and certain, Which by the will of God as much regains As it discharges, open on two sides. Upon this side with virtue it descends, Which takes away all memory of sin; On that, of every good deed done restores it. Here Lethe, as upon the other side Eunoe, it is called; and worketh not If first on either side it be not tasted. This every other savour doth transcend; And notwithstanding slaked so far may be Thy thirst, that I reveal to thee no more,

(8) And it extendeth until it approacheth the west of Fara • and it returneth towards 'Affirag, and it extendeth easterly to the waters of the sea of Mft'at.