even, has a red kerchief tied round his head. Similarly, like the flood swept the goods over the desert, through chemical reactions resembling secret trade, the colourful dresses of the coy beauties, the flowers, are bought and sewn. Even, the thorny mountain flower, kefne, the flowers' shepherd, displays its red head."

Also, "Loyalty has withdrawn to the cave of non-being; the storm of tyranny has begun to erupt; a long distance has opened between word and action."

If you do not want to go far off, take a look at what preceded this Article (Makale); you will find many pieces which are examples of this. For example, "The key to the evidences for the verses' inimitability and the discloser of the secrets of eloquence are [derived] only from Arabic rhetoric. Not from Greek philosophy." Or take a look at the Indication in the Conclusion of the First Matter of the First Article. Thus: "The code of natural laws (şeriat-ı fıtriyye) ruled that the ecstatic guest, the globe of the earth, should remain in the ranks of the stars that follow the sun and should not quit them. For together with its spouse, the earth declared: 'We come in obedience' (41: 11). As for obedient worship, it is worthier in conjunction with the community." These examples point to such levels before and beyond them that beyond them, further levels appear faintly.

The Sixth Matter

The Sixth Matter

As for the fruits of speech, they are the meanings obtained on various levels in various forms. Thus: as is known by those familiar with chemistry, when some matter, for example an element (unsur) like gold is produced, it is passed through various machines and pipes with their sedimentation, and assumes various forms at various stages. Finally, an amount is obtained from it. Like a reduced photograph taken with a camera and comprising various meanings, called speech, various ideas take form is this way:

By some of the heart's sensitivities being stimulated by outside influences, inclinations arise. As a consequence, empty meanings