The Ocean of Light — Page 66
66 sign of his separate self remains, rather his being melts in the fire of the Love of God. However, the blind have wasted this great and praiseworthy attribute of love in useless places and wasted the essence of faith. The faculty of love that was due for God, is instead focussed on sensual desires, which have sprouted and proliferated. They have forsaken Allah and His Love, becoming infatuated instead with women and young boys. They have disappeared from the presence of God and forgotten His Divine beauty. Woe to such blind ones who possess eyes but do not see, and who have hearts but do not understand! These hearts have fallen in love with beings other than the Gracious God, and so, unclean thoughts have taken a complete hold of them, not leaving them even for a second, committing sins freely and blatantly. So much so, that one cannot discern whether they even believe in Allah or the Day of Judgement! Observing their actions, one cannot imagine that they have the slightest fear of the