The Ocean of Light — Page 146
146 despite being sighted as if they had been cast down from some high place or they were dying of hunger despite the abundance of fruits. This is the very reason why the Seal of the Prophets called them mean and wretched; rather the Holy Prophet said that, as far as evil is concerned, there is no one under the heavens who can be compared to them. They are a people who have adopted sin in all of its forms, and you will not find any debauch in the world whose evil is not exemplified in them, rather they possess the evil attributes of savage beasts and cattle. They prefer wheat to righteousness. They leave the love of God for the sake of a single grain of wheat or for milk, like cats. When they are angry you will find symptoms of madness in them and they die a variety of deaths for their desires. Their days are spent in back-biting, verbal abuse, lying, and in making libellous statements, so their hearts are full of enmity, spite and hatred. You will find their tongues to be like swaying spears,