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THE DIVINE INSTRUCTIONS thee, let temperance restrain, let justice guide thy hand, benevolence warm y heart, and ‘gratitude to Heaven inspire thee with devotion. These shall give thee happiness in thy present state, and bring thee ¢o the ‘ mansions of eternal felicity in the paradise of Allah. 3%. This is the true economy of Human Life. CHAPTER XXXVI HOLY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE PROPHET KNOW THYSELF 1. Weak and ignorant as thou art, O man, humble as: thou oughtest to be, O child of the dust, wouldst thou raise thy thoughts to infinite wisdom? Wouldst thou see omnipotence displayed before thee? Con- template thine frame. , 2. Fearfully and wonderfully art thou made; praise therefore thy _ Creator with awe, and rejoice before Him with reverence. : 3. Wherefore of all creatures art thou only erect, but that tho shouldst behold His works? Wherefore art thou to behold, but that thou mayest admire them? Wherefore to admire thou mayest adore their and thy Creator? * 4. Wherefore is consciousness reposed on thee alone, and whence is it derived to thee? 5. It is not in flesh to think; it is not in bones to reason. The lion knoweth not that worms shall eat him; the ox perceiveth not that he is ~#A” fed for slaughter. 6 Something is added to thee, unlike to what thou seest; some- thing informs thy clay, higher than all is the object of thy senses. Behold, what is it? . 7. The body remaineth perfect after it is fled, therefore, it is no part of it; It is immaterial, therefore, it is eternal; it is free to act; there- |. fore it is accountable for its actions. 8 Knoweth the ass the use of food, because his teeth mow down the herbage? Or standeth the crocodile erect, although his backbone is as straight as thine? 9. Allah formed thee as He formed these; after them all wert created; superiority and command were given thee over all, and in his own breath did he communicate to thee the principle of knowledge. 10. Know thyself and the pride of His creation, the lime uniting . divinity and matter; behold a part of Allah Himself within thee; remem- ber thine own dignity; nor dare descend to ‘evil or to meanness. 11. Who planted terror in the tail of the serpent? Who clothed the neck of the horse with thunder? Even He who hath instructed thee . to crush the one under thy feet, and to tame the other to thy purpose. 7: HOLY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE PROPHET f&. THE BREATH OF HEAVEN - tid +71. Vaunt not thy body; because it was first formed; nor of th f. rain, because therein thy soul resideth. Is not the master of the house - * more honorable than its walls? 4 E i