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The people said to him: "Earning is from the weakness of creatures; know it as a morsel of deception measured to the throat. No earning is better than trust in God; what is more beloved than surrender? Many flee from calamity toward calamity; many jump from a snake toward a dragon. Man made a stratagem, and his stratagem was a snare; what he supposed to be life was blood-drinking. He shut the door, while the enemy was inside the house; Pharaoh's stratagem was of this sort of tale. That vengeful one killed hundreds of thousands of children, while the one he sought was in his own house. Since our sight has many defects in it, go, efface your sight in the sight of the Friend. His sight is an excellent replacement for our sight; in His sight you will find every aim. As long as the child was not grasping and crawling, his mount was only his father's neck. When he became intrusive and showed hands and feet, he fell into trouble, bruises, and contusions. Before hands and feet, the souls of creatures were flying, out of fidelity, in purity. When by the command 'Descend' they became bound, they became imprisoned in anger, greed, and contentment. We are dependents of the Divine Presence and seekers of milk; he said, 'Creation is God's household.' He who gives rain from heaven can also, from mercy, give bread."