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{ مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ }

He has loosed the two seas, and they meet. He said:One of these seas is the heart, which contains a variety of gems: the gem of faith, the gem of gnosis (maʿrifa), the gem of realising God’s oneness, the gem of contentment (riḍā), the gem of love (maḥabba), the gem of longing (shawq), the gem of sorrow (ḥuzn), the gem of neediness [for God] (faqr), and other [gems]. The other sea is the self (nafs).His words, Exalted is He:

Tafsīr al-Tustarī, trans. Annabel Keeler and Ali Keeler
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