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Section 21
«Nun» spoke, and «the Pen» spoke, holy and exalted: from the fine detail, the whole became clear and plain.
What is detail? A single drop crossing the open plain. What is the whole? The drop becoming the sea.
To the drop, a call: step out of your separateness. To the sea, a rebuke: step out of your singleness.
To the cloud, a call: rise to the height of the sky. To the raindrop: do not settle at this height.
To the wine the word is 'make drunk,' to the cup 'pass it round'; with the jar and the flask, the talk is of love and devotion.
With the sea, to speak of the drop is the path of right guidance; with cup and flask, the talk is of the servant and the Lord.
Come, open the eye of your heart, so you may see: the heart is the sacred house, and the soul the final goal.
From the wine cup of your love the soul is drunk and undone; bravo, what a cup, and how generous your red wine.
Qasim, night and day, is all wonder and love, drawn to that heart brightening face and that jasmine scented hair.