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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 faith or unfaith, good or evil, Independently of my poor devotion to Thee, And of my thoughts and the thoughts of hundreds like me, Whether Thou adjudge me upright or rebellious, O Lord, who art gracious without thought of consequence, I set my face towards that free grace of Thine;
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 50 — Spenta Mainyu Gatha (10)
(Mine every wish and prayer is this), then therefore whatsoever I shall do, and whatsoever deeds (of ritual and truth I shall yet further do) on...
Pistis Sophia
Chapter 54 (Salome interpreteth the repentance from Psalm li)
Why doth the mighty [one] boast himself in his wickedness? "'2. Thy tongue hath studied unrighteousness all the day long; as a sharp razor hast thou p...
Bhagavad Gita
Viśhwarūpa Sandarśhana Yoga (11.44)
Bear with me, Ο Lord, as a father with a son, as a friend with a friend, as a lover with his beloved.
Divine Comedy
Paradiso: Canto VII (4)
The more conformed thereto, the more it pleases; For the blest ardour that irradiates all things In that most like itself is most vivacious. With all...
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 33 — Ahunavaiti Gatha (4)
(And I beseech for Thine instruction), I who will abjure all disobedience (toward Thee, praying that others likewise may withhold it) from Thee; I...
Bhagavad Gita
Viśhwarūpa Sandarśhana Yoga (11.41)
Whatever I have rashly said from inadvertence or love, addressing Thee as “O Krishna,” “O Yādava,” or “O Friend,” regarding Thee merely as a friend,...
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 43 — Ushtavaiti Gatha (10)
Yea, pray Thou Thyself within me through these holy powers). Ask Thou (Thyself) our questions, those which shall be asked by us of Thee; for a questio...
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 50 — Spenta Mainyu Gatha (1)
Aye, doth my soul indeed obtain assisting grace, and which of Thy blessings is that gift to me, O Lord? What saving champion is found to save both...
Chapter 13: Of the terrible, doleful, and lamentable, miserable Fall of the Kingdom of Lucifer. (60)
If it be not so, then go before the face of God, and justify thyself. But thou seest it plain enough without that; and besides, thou darest not look...
Divine Comedy
Purgatorio: Canto XIII (6)
Peace I desired with God at the extreme Of my existence, and as yet would not My debt have been by penitence discharged, Had it not been that in remem...
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 50 — Spenta Mainyu Gatha (9)
Yea, with these Yasnas of Your sacrifice would I approach You, praising back to You (in answer to Your mercies), O Ahura! and Thou, O Righteousness!...
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 43 — Ushtavaiti Gatha (12)
And since Thou, coming thus, Thy legal Righteousness in fulness spakest, then declare not to me words as yet unheard (with faith or knowledge; command...
Egyptian Book of the Dead
Chapter XIV (2)
Here is a god displeased against me; let wrong be overwhelmed and let it fall upon the hands of the Lord of Law. Remove the impediments which are in...
The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 19: Of the Entering of the Souls to God, and of the wicked Souls Entering into Perdition. Of the Gate of the Body's Breaking off [or Parting] from the Soul. (48)
Dost thou think that such a Devil shall enter into God, or that God will let such a rough Devil into him? Thy mind stands in the Figure of a Serpent, ...
Chapter 14: How Lucifer, who was the most beautiful Angel in Heaven, is become the most horrible Devil. The House of the murderous Den. (59)
Thus I will not be angry with my God, though for his name's sake I should endure shame, ignominy and reproach, which springeth, buddeth and...
Chapter 20: Of the Second Day (16)
What shall thy incense be to me in my fierce wrath? Dost thou think I will receive the devil into myself, or exalt hell into heaven?
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 49 — Spenta Mainyu Gatha (2)
(Aye, he is indeed the greatest ), for that Bendva's evil judge doth cause me to hesitate and ponder (in my earnest course of propagation and...
Divine Comedy
Purgatorio: Canto III (6)
After I had my body lacerated By these two mortal stabs, I gave myself Weeping to Him, who willingly doth pardon. Horrible my iniquities had been;...