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The Masnavi
Omar and the Ambassador (21-30)
That He may bind him on the horns of a dilemma; For he says, 'Shall I do this or its reverse?' Also from God comes the preference of one alternative; 'Tis from God's impulsion that man chooses one of the two. If you desire sanity in this embarrassment, Take the cotton of evil suggestions from the mind's ear, That the heavenly voice from above may enter it, That you may understand that riddle of His, Then the mind's ear becomes the sensorium of inspiration; For what is this Divine voice but the inward voice?
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 31 — Ahunavaiti Gatha (5)
Aye, do Thou tell me that I may discern it, since through (Thy) Righteous Order the better (lot) is given; tell me this that I may know it with (Thy)...
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 31 — Ahunavaiti Gatha (19)
Let them hear Him who conceived of the Righteous Order for the worlds, the (all)-wise One, O Ahura! For truthful speech He rules with absolute sway...