Twenty-Three Great Objectives of Building the House of Allah — Page 84
85 for their true Beloved; and their pure hearts are possessed of a miraculous affection and longing which cuts asunder and breaks absolutely from any other else; and the fire of love of God rages so much that it is experienced and felt axiomatically by bedfellows in particular times [of copulating]…. The noblest sign of their sincerity and earnestness is that they give preference to their true Beloved over everything else. If they are stricken with grief from him, they take it as a reward out of love [for Him], and as for affliction, they regard it as a sweet drink. No sharp edge of any sword can separate them from their Beloved, and no misfortune of great magnitude can prevent them from remembering Him. They consider Him to be their life; and find all pleasures in His love; and deem only His Person as existing; and consider His remembrance as the very aim of their life. If they love anyone, it is Him, and if they get comfort from anyone, it is Him. Their beloved, out of the whole world, is only He and they become solely His. They live for His sake and die for His sake. They live in the world, yet do not belong to it; they live with their selves, yet they are selfless. Neither have they any concern for their honour, nor for name, nor for self and nor for their comfort; rather, they forsake everything for the sake of One, and lose everything else to achieve that One. They burn with the love of * and cannot express as to why they burn. At getting to know and understanding they find themselves deaf and dumb. They are ever ready to undergo any ordeal and defamation, and take delight in it. ” 40 _______________________________ * Translation: They cannot reach Him [publisher]