O man of understanding, open thine eyes, ears, and lips![83]
If then thou seest not the Way of Truth, laugh at me!
FOOTNOTES:
[76] Murtazá, “he whom with God is pleased,”(—See Transcriber’s Note) is a name of Ali. Bú Turáb means literally “father of earth.”
[77] A miracle of the Prophet.
[78] The fortress of Khaibar, a village in the Hijáz, was captured by the Moslems in a.d. 628. Ali performed great feats of valour on this occasion.
[79] A river of Paradise.
[80] See note [33] on l. [213].
[81] The burning pyre on which Abraham was thrown lost its heat and was transformed into a rose-garden.
[82] The “trust” which God offered to Man and which Man accepted, after it had been refused by Heaven and Earth (Koran, ch. 33, v. 72), is the divine vicegerency, i.e. the duty of displaying the divine attributes.