99 I knew not what amazement was
Until I made Thy love my cause.
O how amazing would it be
If I were not amazed by Thee! [Divan of Ibn-i-Farid] (28:4)

100 In this valley the wayfarers stray and perish ere they attain their final abode. Gracious God! So immense is this valley, so vast this city in the kingdom of creation, that it seemeth to have neither beginning nor end. How great the blessedness of him who completeth his journey therein and who traverseth, through the assistance of God, the hallowed soil of this heavenly city, a city in which the favoured ones of God and the pure in heart are overcome with wonder and awe. And We say: "Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds." (28:4)

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