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Passages similar to: Stromata (Miscellanies) — Chapter X: The Opinion of the Apostles on Veiling the Mysteries of the Faith.
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Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter X: The Opinion of the Apostles on Veiling the Mysteries of the Faith. (5)
Similarly David sings: "For, lo, Thou hast loved truth; the obscure and hidden things of wisdom hast Thou showed me." "Day utters speech to day" (what is clearly written), "and night to night proclaims knowledge" (which is hidden in a mystic veil); "and there are no words or utterances whose voices shall not be heard" by God, who said, "Shall one do what is secret, and I shall not see him?"
Sefer HaBahir
Verses (1)
Rabbi Nehuniah ben HaKana said: One verse (Job 37:21) states, "And now they do not see light, it is brilliant in the skies..." Another verse,...
Book of Enoch
Chapter LXIII (3)
And splendid in every secret thing is Thy power from generation to generation, And Thy glory for ever and ever: Deep are all Thy secrets and innumerab...
The Masnavi
Moses and Pharaoh. 1 (61-70)
Here at His command wisdom was shed down like rain, Clouds and sun, and moon and lofty stars, All come and go in obedience to His ordinance; No one...
The Conference of the Birds
Invocation (42)
All men who are aware of their ignorance tuck up the flap of their garment and say earnestly: 'O thou who art not seen although thou makest us to...
Book of Enoch
Chapter IX (5)
Thou hast made all things, and power over all things hast Thou: and all things are naked and open in Thy sight, and Thou seest all things, and...
The Masnavi
The Sufi's Beast (21-30)
Now the eye sees how to distinguish colors, The eye distinguishes jewels from dust, Makers of base coin hate the daylight, Coins of pure gold love...
Chapter 19: Concerning the Created Heaven, and the Form of the Earth, and of the Water, as also concerning Light and Darkness. Concerning Heaven. (102)
But there was day and night, which I will here declare according to my knowledge: Thou must here once more open wide the eyes of thy spirit, if thou i...
The Masnavi
The Prophet and his Infidel Guest (61-70)
Act and word manifest the secret thoughts and mind, When your witnesses are purified they are accepted, They enter into conflict with you, O...
Book of Enoch
Chapter LXXXIV (3)
And Thou knowest and seest and hearest everything, And there is nothing hidden from Thee [for Thou seest everything].
The Masnavi
Counsels of Reserve given by the Prophet to his Freedman Zaid (23-33)
I still am dark compared to the Sun, Therefore is my light weak, that you may bear it, I have, as it were, mixed honey with vinegar, When you are cure...
The Masnavi
The Prophet's Scribe (1-10)
On the last day, "when Earth shall quake with quaking," For she "shall tell out her tidings openly," Yea, earth and her rocks shall tell them forth!...
Pistis Sophia
Chapter 74 (She continueth to sing)
In faith have I had faith in the Light; and it remembered me and hearkened to my song. "'2. It hath led my power up out of the chaos and the nether da...
Book of Enoch
Chapter CIV (7)
And now I show unto you that light and darkness, day and night, see all your sins.
The Conference of the Birds
Question of the Twentieth Bird (6)
The Creator of the World spoke to David from behind the veil of mystery. 'All that exists, whether good or bad, visible or invisible, moving or...
Pistis Sophia
Chapter 73 (Sophia continueth her song)
The Light hath become my saviour. "'2. And it hath changed my darkness into light, and it has rent the chaos which surrounded me and girded me with li...
Book of Enoch
Chapter LVIII (5)
And after this it shall be said to the holy in heaven That they should seek out the secrets of righteousness, the heritage of faith: For it has become...
Book of Enoch
Chapter LX (10)
And he said to me: 'Thou son of man, herein thou dost seek to know what is hidden.'
The Masnavi
The Sufi's Beast (31-40)
On the other view, that daylight means "The Friend," For, as it is wrong to swear by a transitory being, How can we suppose a transitory being spoken...
The Masnavi
Mahmud and Ayaz (continued) (23-33)
O pardon us, our sins are a heavy burden! Thou art hidden from us, though the heavens are filled With Thy light, which is brighter than sun and moon!...
The Masnavi
The Lion and the Beasts (131-139)
The opposite of light shows what is light, God created pain and grief for this purpose, To wit, to manifest happiness by its opposites. Hidden things...
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