Ill-fated Man versus Blessed Man
Every one, according to the measure of his spiritual enlightenment, sees the things unseen in
proportion to the polishing (of the heart's mirror)
The more he polishes, the more he sees and the more visible does the form (of things unseen) become to him. If you say that that (spiritual) purity is (bestowed by) the grace of God, this success in polishing (the heart) is also (derived) from that (Divine) bounty.
That (devotional) work and prayer is in proportion to the (worshipper's) aspiration: Man hath nothing but what he hath striven after. God alone is the giver of aspiration: no base churl aspires to be a king.
God's assignment of a particular lot to any one does not hinder (him from exercising) consent and will and choice;
But when He brings some trouble on an ill-fated man, he (that man) ungratefully packs off in flight; (Whereas), when God brings some trouble on a good-fortuned (blessed) man, he always (approaches and) abides nearer (to God)
The Masnawi, Volume 4: 2910-2920
The more he polishes, the more he sees and the more visible does the form (of things unseen) become to him. If you say that that (spiritual) purity is (bestowed by) the grace of God, this success in polishing (the heart) is also (derived) from that (Divine) bounty.
That (devotional) work and prayer is in proportion to the (worshipper's) aspiration: Man hath nothing but what he hath striven after. God alone is the giver of aspiration: no base churl aspires to be a king.
God's assignment of a particular lot to any one does not hinder (him from exercising) consent and will and choice;
But when He brings some trouble on an ill-fated man, he (that man) ungratefully packs off in flight; (Whereas), when God brings some trouble on a good-fortuned (blessed) man, he always (approaches and) abides nearer (to God)
The Masnawi, Volume 4: 2910-2920
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