As long as man is polluted with such impurities...

As long as man is polluted with such impurities, he will not take a step towards knowledge [ ma'ārif ], or rather, this impurity so often extinguishes the inborn light [ nūr ] of disposition, which is the light [ chirāgh ] for the road of guidance, and puts out the fire of love, which is the heavenly horse [ burāq ] for ascending to high stations, causing man to eternally stick to the earth of nature. Therefore, it is necessary for man, through thinking about the…