Editing Hidden Words (section)

=== Samples ===
From the Arabic

:1. "O SON OF SPIRIT!
:My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart, that thine may be a sovereignty ancient, imperishable and everlasting.

:7. "O SON OF MAN!
:If thou lovest Me, turn away from thyself; and if thou seekest My pleasure, regard not thine own; that thou mayest die in Me and I may eternally live in thee."

:49. "O SON OF MAN!
:The true lover yearneth for tribulation even as doth the rebel for forgiveness and the sinful for mercy."

From the Persian
:3. "O FRIEND!
:In the garden of thy heart plant naught but the rose of love, and from the nightingale of affection and desire loosen not thy hold. Treasure the companionship of the righteous and eschew all fellowship with the ungodly."

:12. "O MAN OF TWO VISIONS!
:Close one eye and open the other. Close one to the world and all that is therein, and open the other to the hallowed beauty of the Beloved."

:27. "O SON OF DUST!
:All that is in heaven and earth I have ordained for thee, except the human heart, which I have made the habitation of My beauty and glory; yet thou didst give My home and dwelling to another than Me; and whenever the manifestation of My holiness sought His own abode, a stranger found He there, and, homeless, hastened unto the sanctuary of the Beloved. Notwithstanding I have concealed thy secret and desired not thy shame."