The Ship Of Noah

The Prophet said, “I am as the Ship (Ark) in the Flood of Time. I and my Companions are as the Ship of Noah: whoso clings (to us) will gain (spiritual) graces.”
When you are with the Shaykh you are far removed from wickedness: day and night you are a traveller and in a ship. You are under the protection of a life-giving spirit: you are asleep in the ship, you are going on the way. Do not break with the prophet of your days: do not rely on your own skill and footsteps.
Lion though you are, you are self-conceited and in error and contemptible when you go on the way without a guide.
Beware! Do not fly but with the wings of the Shaykh, that you may see (receive) the aid of the armies of the Shaykh.
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