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as they come to it with faces as coal.
It is like the Straight Bridge, like the scales in equilibrium,
justice, without which, people cannot be established.
Do not be astonished if the jealous person sets about rejecting them
feigning ignorance while their understanding is shrewd.
Indeed, the eye denies the ray of the sun due to cataracts,
the mouth denies the sweet taste of water due to sickness.
SECTION 7: THE NIGHT JOURNEY AND ASCENT
O best (Prophet Muhammad),
to whom the seeker of knowledge and virtue aim for his hosting
as they stride and mount upon the backs of sturdy camels.
It is he who has the grand sign for whosoever heeds,
It is like the Straight Bridge, like the scales in equilibrium,
justice, without which, people cannot be established.
Do not be astonished if the jealous person sets about rejecting them
feigning ignorance while their understanding is shrewd.
Indeed, the eye denies the ray of the sun due to cataracts,
the mouth denies the sweet taste of water due to sickness.
SECTION 7: THE NIGHT JOURNEY AND ASCENT
O best (Prophet Muhammad),
to whom the seeker of knowledge and virtue aim for his hosting
as they stride and mount upon the backs of sturdy camels.
It is he who has the grand sign for whosoever heeds,