The Shining Lamp — Page 170
170 and your status elevated. I am in receipt of your most affectionate and loving letter filled with extreme kindness along with the book which has proved to be a source of endless delight and pleasure. Let this not remain hidden that this humble one, due to his own nature, has always, from the beginning, been wary of entering into arguments and disputes, and as far as possible, I safeguard myself from entering into point- less storms of conflicts. And because most people are kept away from seeking the truth due to their own closeness to avarice and desires; and because prejudice has covered the ways of seeking truth with the dust of ignorance; so, they raise a hue and cry without reaching the reality of things and without seeing the end result of things. This dust of ignorance that they carry due to their inordinate enmity falls upon their own heads. The truth is that the fruits of one’s efforts are depend- ent upon correct intentions, and the reach of the implica- tions of the metaphors goes beyond their plain meaning. Let this not remain hidden that some contemporary reli- gious scholars have, these days, demanded a response from me asking why I regard you to be a pious person while the scholars have unanimously given this or that opinion con- cerning you and why do I hold such a high opinion about you. The writing and the contents of their letters are indic- ative of their strong emotions and a restlessness that seems electric. However, on the basis of the thought that their writings bear witness to their hearts and God Almighty