On the earth I had been in the habit of speaking loudly in...

On the earth I had been in the habit of speaking loudly in order to impose my authority on others and also I always had the ambition to reach higher and sublime levels, so I liked the idea and decided to reach the top. But there was no direct path to the summit, so I walked along the mountain wall, and even then it was difficult going. A couple of times I slipped.

Once I stumbled and almost fell down in the moat but lust saved myself by catching hold of a thorny bush, badly injuring my hands and feel in the process.

Further down the road, I again fell: my nose hit the ground, broke and started bleeding profusely,(l) I remarked, 'It is very trouble some to reach the top- It might have been better to have travelled through the moat." The accursed being laughed and said, "He who is proud in the world, God will break his back, and he who tries to be higher than others God will rub his nose in dust (that is, lower him" I really wonder at you, that you have read all this, but have never acted accordingly.

"Taste it, you were (thought yourself to be) Respected and Elite". (The author has hinted that whoever is proud and arrogant in the word, God will punish him in the Hereafter in such a way as break his pride and turn it to dust. Abu Jahl used to say "I am the Respected and Elite on the day of Judgement, he and others like him will be addressed 'O Respected and Elite, taste the punishment".) I kept walking as he talked, bearing the hardships, one after another.

At last I came out of the plateau, through which there had been no visible path, though with inured body and feelings. Now when I turned back, I saw that my companions who had been just behind me, were stumbling and falling down into the deep and dark moat. They were crying in pain and anguish and their Darkies were laughing wickedly and gleefully. Finally. we reached a road where the going was much easier. There were no new problems here except that I was extremely thirsty.

My Darky again tried a couple of time to trap me by his deceiving and captivating arguments but I did not pay heed. At times, I must admit., I felt like giving in but still I resisted. When he realised that I just would not give in, he himself fell back. (If one practices denying his self and desires. after a while he will no longer be troubled by desires and whims.