The Short Words 12 (devamı yarın)

As for the talisman it the mystery of the purpose of creation which is solved through the mystery of belief. And the key is''There is no god but god'' and, ''God there is no god but He, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsistent''' The dragon's mouth being transformed into the door into the garden is a sing that, although for the people of misguidance and rebellion the grave is a door opening, in desolation and narrow as a dragon's stomach,, for the people of  the Qur'an and belief, it is a door which opens from the prison of this world onto the fields of immortality, from the arena of examination onto the gardens of Paradise, and from the hardships of life onto the mercy of the All-Merrciiful One. The savage lion turning into a friendly servant and a docile mount is a sing that, alt hough for the people of misguidance deart is a bitter, etermal parting from all their loved ones, and the explsion from the deceptive paradise of this world and the entry in desolation and loneliness into the dungeon of the grave, for the people of guidance and the Qur'an it is the means of joining all their old friends and beloved ones who have aleady departed for next world, and the means of entering their true homeland and abode of everlastting happiness. It iis an invitation to the meadows of Paradise from the prison of this world, and a time to receive the wage bestowed out of the generosity of the Most Merciful and Compassionate One for services rendered too Himi and a rrest frroom tthe harrdship of the duties of life, and a rrest frm the drill and instruction of worrship and examination...Said Nursi