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If these chiefs could be presented in material form, the first would assume the form of a
pig, the second of a dog and the third that of a devil.
Mankind is divided into two classes. The first consists of those who control these three
chiefs and force them to surrender to their will. Such men are kings and amirs though
they appear in rags to the naked eye.
The second category consists of those persons who cannot but obey and surrender to
the will of these three masters. They are obstinate fools who call the slaves of passions
and lust as kings, amir, and viziers. They would mislead you to believe that light is
darkness, a thorn a rose and a howling desert a garden. They doubt the integrity of one
who holds that this world is a fast fading shadow and that the creation is divided into two
categories - the visible and the invisible.
The visible world (Alam-i-Sura) is the world of matter and is subject to the law of
evolution to change and growth.
The invisible world (Alamul Malakut) is the spiritual world. The human soul belongs to
pig, the second of a dog and the third that of a devil.
Mankind is divided into two classes. The first consists of those who control these three
chiefs and force them to surrender to their will. Such men are kings and amirs though
they appear in rags to the naked eye.
The second category consists of those persons who cannot but obey and surrender to
the will of these three masters. They are obstinate fools who call the slaves of passions
and lust as kings, amir, and viziers. They would mislead you to believe that light is
darkness, a thorn a rose and a howling desert a garden. They doubt the integrity of one
who holds that this world is a fast fading shadow and that the creation is divided into two
categories - the visible and the invisible.
The visible world (Alam-i-Sura) is the world of matter and is subject to the law of
evolution to change and growth.
The invisible world (Alamul Malakut) is the spiritual world. The human soul belongs to