Understanding Salat — Page 77
Qiyam 77 the realm of possibility to manufacture a flower similar to the rose externally and internally, so is this impossible too. For, when authentic experience stands as a witness in even minor and trivial matters, and sane nature confirms that if a man wants to have an essential and straightforward conversation— whether it relates to some matter of buying and sell- ing or judicial investigations—with the utmost accu- racy in an appropriate manner, it becomes impossible for him to turn his discourse—needlessly and on all occasions—into an appropriate, balanced, lucid, and eloquent expression, and much less, to take it to the highest level of lucidity and eloquence. Then, how can the discourse of any man combine all these fea- tures to achieve the lucidity and unsurpassable elo- quence in a composition that, in addition to truth- fulness and rectitude, is filled with profound points of wisdom and lofty truths, descends to meet a true need, encompasses all divine verities, does not neglect anything in fulfilling its obligation for the reforma- tion of the prevailing situation, perfectly completes the arguments, fully confutes the deniers, keeps in view all aspects of argumentation and debate, and includes all essential arguments, proofs, teachings, and questions and their answers—despite these intri- cate difficulties which far exceed the former case—in a manner that is not only incomparably eloquent,