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Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 31 — Ahunavaiti Gatha (13)
(Yea, my Piety questions searchingly, for Thou, O Maker! hast Thy view on all; we cannot question lightly.) What questions are asked which are open (permitted to our thoughts), or what questions (are asked) which are furtive (hiding themselves from the light), or (what decision soever we may make, and the man) who for the smallest sin binds on the heaviest penance, on all with Thy glittering eye(s) as a righteous guard Thou art gazing !
The Alchemy of Happiness
Concerning Self-Examination and the Recollection of God (11)
If a man understands the leaning of these questions he will be very watchful over the state of his heart, and how he entertains thoughts which are lik...
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 Man who boasted that God did not punish him for his sins, and Jethro's answer to him (1-10)
"God has seen many faults done by me; Yea, how many sins and faults of mine has He seen, Nevertheless of His mercy He punishes me not." God Almighty...
Divine Comedy
Inferno: Canto XI (4)
Wherefore are they inside of the red city Not punished, if God has them in his wrath, And if he has not, wherefore in such fashion?" And unto me he...
The Masnavi
Moses and the Shepherd (41-50)
With what object hast thou framed this plan, And sowed therein the seeds of evil?
Egyptian Book of the Dead
Chapter XXXV (4)
The eyes of the Great One are bent down, and he doth for thee the work of cleansing; marking out what is conformable to law and balancing the issues
Chapter 23: Of the Deep above the Earth. (90)
Dost not thou seek after deeper subtlety than we? Thou wilt [wishest to] climb into the most hidden secrets of God, which is not fit for any man to...
Chapter 22: Of the Birth or Geniture of the Stars, and Creation of the Fourth Day. (38)
I do not say that I cannot err at all. For there are some things which are not sufficiently explained, but are described, as it were, from a glimpse...
Chapter 22: Of the Birth or Geniture of the Stars, and Creation of the Fourth Day. (1)
What do you think stood in the place of this world before the time of the world? Or, 2. Out of what do you think the earth and stars came to be? Or,...
The Masnavi
How Adam was created out of a handful of earth brought by an Angel (50-58)
Yea, a hundred times as wicked as Thou sayest. But in mercy Thou veilest my sins, But, independently of my own works and warfare, Independently of my...
The Alchemy of Happiness
Concerning Self-Examination and the Recollection of God (6)
When Zuleikha tempted Joseph she cast a cloth over the face of the idol she used to worship. Joseph said to her, "O Zuleikha, thou art ashamed before...
Cloud of Unknowing
Chapter 7: How a man shall have him in this work against all thoughts, and specially against all those that arise of his own curiosity, of cunning, and of natural wit (1)
AND if any thought rise and will press continually above thee betwixt thee and that darkness, and ask thee saying, “What seekest thou, and what woulde...
Orphic Hymns
Orphic Hymns (LXI - Justice)
The FUMIGATION from FRANKINCENSE. THE piercing eye of Justice bright, I sing, 1 Plac'd by the throne of heav'n's almighty king, Perceiving thence,...
The Masnavi
Moses and the Shepherd (51-60)
Why hast Thou kindled the fire of violence and wrong? Why burnt up mosques and them who worship therein? Paradise is attached to requirements...
The Masnavi
The Courtier who quarreled with his Friend for saving his Life (1-12)
Moses asks the Almighty, "Why hast Thou made men to destroy them?" Moses said, "O Lord of the day of account, Thou makest forms; wherefore, then,...
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 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 LXXXIV (3)
And Thou knowest and seest and hearest everything, And there is nothing hidden from Thee [for Thou seest everything].
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter I: On Faith (7)
Now we know that neither things which are clear are made subjects of investigation, such as if it is day, while it is day; nor things unknown, and...
The Masnavi
The Darvesh who Broke his Vow (34-44)
What is the prison from which ho seeks an exit? 'Tis the bond of God's purpose and hidden decrees; Ah! none but the pure in sight can see that bond;