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APPE N DI X to B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 269 enamoured with God, but since they are unable to establish any con- nection with the Bountiful One, whose attribute is Mercifulness, and are not drawn towards Him by means of His special manifestations, all their crying, humility, and supplication are baseless and they often falter and fall into a state worse than before. So, this is a wonderful and interesting similarity between the sperm—which is the first stage of the physical development and which comes to nothing unless the pull of the رحم [ ri h m —womb] comes to its aid, and the state of humil- ity—which is worthless unless the pull of God’s mercy comes to its assistance. It is on this account that you will find thousands who, in some part of their lives, had enjoyed the state of humility in their Prayers and remembrance of God, and they cried and supplicated in ecstasy, but then some such curse took hold of them that turned them sud- denly towards selfish ends, and they became totally lost in the world and its desires and passions. This is indeed a fearful scenario whereby their state of humility ends before they have established a link with the Merciful One. Before the pull of the Merciful God effects some action upon them, that state is gone and lost. As such their spiritual condition, which is at the first stage of spiritual development, is akin to the sperm that is lost before it can establish a connection with the رحم [ ri h m —womb]. In short, the first stage of the spiritual being—that of humility—and the first stage of the physical being—that of the sperm—are similar in that the first stage of the physical being—that of the sperm—is worthless without the pull of the رحم [ ri h m —womb], and the first stage of the spiritual being—that of humility—is nothing without the pull of God, the رحیم [ Ra hi m —Merciful]. And just as countless sperms go to waste in this world, being destroyed in that state without having established a connection with the رحم [ ri h m —womb], so are there countless instances of the states of humility that are wasted because they fail to be connected to رحیم [ Ra hi m —the Merciful God]. There are thousands of ignorant people who, on account of a few days of humility, rapture, and supplication,