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Masnavi of Rumi. God Calls Homself...(Post 91)

God calls Himself ‘Seeing ’to the end that
His eyes may every moment scare you from sinning
God calls Himself ‘Hearing’ to the end that
You may close your lips against foul discourse.
God calls himself ‘knowing’ to the end that
You may be afraid to plot evil.
These names are not mere accidental names of God.
They are names derived from God’s essential attributes.
Not mere vain titles of the first cause.

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