Gleanings153/GPT5 1

153 O emigrant believer, quench the thirst and dryness of heedlessness with the sacred Salsabil of grace, and illumine the dark night of remoteness with the radiant morning of nearness. Do not darken and ruin the enduring house of love with the darkness of fleeting lust, and do not veil the beauty of the spiritual youth with the dark coverings of the carnal self. Practice pure piety and think not of aught besides God; do not block the channel of the illumined heart with the chaff of greed and desire, and do not stop the flowing spring of the heart from its course. Hold fast to the truth and cling to the cord of His grace, for apart from Him no one can bring anyone from poverty to riches, nor deliver him from the abasement of self, O…