وَ أَمَّا الْحَيَاةُ الْبَاقِيَةُ فَهِيَ الَّتِي يَعْمَلُ...

وَ أَمَّا الْحَيَاةُ الْبَاقِيَةُ فَهِيَ الَّتِي يَعْمَلُ لِنَفْسِهِ حَتَّى تَهُونَ عَلَيْهِ الدُّنْيَا وَ تَصْغُرَ فِي عَيْنِهِ وَ تَعْظُمَ الْآخِرَةُ عِنْدَهُ وَ يُؤْثِرَ هَوَايَ عَلَى هَوَاهُ وَ يَبْتَغِيَ مَرْضَاتِي وَ يُعَظِّمَ حَقَّ عَظَمَتِي وَ يَذْكُرَ عِلْمِي بِهِ وَ يُرَاقِبَنِي بِاللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ عِنْدَ كُلِّ سَيِّئَةٍ أَوْ مَعْصِيَةٍ وَ يُنَقِّيَ قَلْبَهُ عَنْ كُلِّ مَا أَكْرَهُ وَ يُبْغِضَ الشَّيْطَانَ وَ وَسَاوِسَهُ وَ لَا يَجْعَلَ لِإِبْلِيسَ عَلَى قَلْبِهِ سُلْطَاناً وَ سَبِيلًا And as for the lasting life, it is which he works for himself until the world becomes insignificant to him and is belittle in his eyes, and the Hereafter is magnified in his view, and he prefers My -azwj Desires over his own desires, and he seeks My -azwj Satisfaction and magnifies the right of My -azwj Magnificence, and he remembers My -azwj Knowledge of him, and he watches out for Me -azwj at night and day at every evil deed or (act of) disobedience, and he purifies his heart from all what I -azwj Dislike, and he hates the Satan -la and his -la insinuations, and he does not make any authority and a way to be for Iblees -la upon his heart.

فَإِذَا فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ أَسْكَنْتُ قَلْبَهُ حُبّاً حَتَّى أَجْعَلَ قَلْبَهُ لِي وَ فَرَاغَهُ وَ اشْتِغَالَهُ وَ هَمَّهُ وَ حَدِيثَهُ مِنَ النِّعْمَةِ الَّتِي أَنْعَمْتُ بِهَا عَلَى أَهْلِ مَحَبَّتِي مِنْ خَلْقِي وَ أَفْتَحُ عَيْنَ قَلْبِهِ وَ سَمْعِهِ حَتَّى يَسْمَعَ بِقَلْبِهِ وَ يَنْظُرَ بِقَلْبِهِ إِلَى جَلَالِي وَ عَظَمَتِي When he does that, I -azwj Settle Love in his heart until I -azwj Make his heart to be for Me -azwj , and his free times, and his pre-occupations, and his worries, and his discussions, from the bounties which I -azwj have Favoured with upon people from My -azwj creatures who love Me ‑azwj , and I -azwj Open the eyes of his heart and his ears until he hears with his heart and looks by his heart at My -azwj Permissible(s), and My -azwj Magnificence.

وَ أُضِيقُ عَلَيْهِ الدُّنْيَا وَ أُبْغِضُ الدُّنْيَا وَ أُبْغِضُ إِلَيْهِ مَا فِيهَا مِنَ اللَّذَّاتِ وَ أُحَذِّرُهُ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَ مَا فِيهَا كَمَا يُحَذِّرُ الرَّاعِي غَنَمَهُ مِنْ مَرَاتِعِ الْهَلَكَةِ And I -azwj Restrict the world upon him, and Cause the world to be hateful, and hateful to him whatever pleasures there are in it, and I -azwj Caution him of the world and whatever is in it, like what the shepherd cautions his sheep from the pastures of doom.