The Ocean of Light — Page 6
6 through it. He indeed has the power to do all that He wills and is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy. I hope that the knowledgeable and mindful ones will not be hasty in my regard, like some people from this land 1 who out of their haste demonstrated meanness and antagonism towards me. Indeed, there is no good in being hasty against men of God and those whom the Almighty Lord has ordained. This invariably results in loss and only increases the wrath of God in this world and on the Day of Judgement. The one who is hasty is never able to discern the path of righteousness and truth. He is honoured neither in this world nor in the next, and he dies an undignified death among the blind. Without doubt, the flesh of the godly ones is like a toxin, therefore anyone who consumes it by back-biting against them or abusing them shall die on the spot. And there are glad tidings 1 “This land” refers to India. [Publisher]