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The second kind of pleasure of men lies in some matters such as supremacy, victory etc. The third kind of pleasure all animals enjoy in some matters - food, drink and sexual cohabitation. Most of the people consider these things as the most pleasure giving, but this pleasure is worst of all pleasures. The lower animals also feel these pleasures in these things just like men. This world means the physical world and the next world means the spiritual and unseen world. This material world follows the spiritual work as the picture in the mirror follows the picture of one who sees in the mirror. Though the picture in the mirror is the exact second picture, but it is the first picture from the point of view of your seeing as you have not seen your picture, and you have seen your picture first in the mirror and you can recognise it after you have seen it. The picture in the mirror stands as your prototype.
So from the point of view of recognition, what remains behind comes forward and the thing which comes forward stays behind.
Similarly the spiritual and unseen world is the second picture of this material world. There are such men who get pictures by receiving such admonition. If they see a thing of the spiritual world, that becomes the cause of their admonition. For this reason, God says: O those having eyes, take admonition. There are also such man whose eye-sight is blind and who does not accept admonition and remains confined in this material world.
Soon the door of Hell will be opened up for him and the fire will rise upon his heart. There is screen between his heart and the fire.
When the screen will be lifted by the event of death, the fire will encompass him. Hell-fire is such a thing which can be felt by such thing as can be called knowledge of certainly or faith out of knowledge. Sometimes it can be seen by such thing which can be called certainty of eye or faith arising out of sight. The latter cannot be attained except in the next world, but the former can be felt in this world. The man who has been granted light of perfect faith gets such grace. For this reason, God says: Had you felt certainly arising out of knowledge, you would have certainly seen the fire of Hell (in this world) - 102 : 6.

(6) Sixth Divison is the combination of all gifts. Know, O dear readers, that gifts are of two kinds - one kind is sought for its own sake and another kind is sought for the desired object. Next worldly bliss is the desired object. It has got four divisions - (1) everlasting bliss which has got no end, (2) everlasting bliss which has got no trouble, (3) perfect knowledge which has got no ignorance (4) and

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