[191] “Shadow of God on earth” is an Eastern title of royalty.
[192] These two propositions give the pith of the doctrine held and inculcated by the mystics and spiritualists of Islām: “He’s bridegroom; God is bride.“
[193] This First Book of the Mesnevī was written before the Būstān of Sa’dī. The myth of the dewdrop and pearl is much more ancient.
[194] The date of the poem will be recollected; who disbelieved alchemy then?
[195] Here is a beautiful and true application of the idea of ”transubstantiation.“
[196] The original mentions Ferhād, a kind of Persian Dædalus, by his title of ”Mountain-Excavator.“(See Tale vii. dist. 365.)
[197] Qur’ān liv. 1.
[198] Qur’ān vii. 15, and xv. 39. At the fall, Satan accused God of tempting him; whereas Adam confessed his sin, and did not accuse Satan.
[199] Qur’ān vii. 22.
[200] Qur’ān xxiv. 26.