Observing Body and Soul, Part Four
«Spider-like qualities in human and family relationships—marked by fragile bonds and deceptive appearances—come under criticism. This article warns that marrying those devoted to worldly pursuits and maintaining weak family ties lead only to ruin.»
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم
The University of Spiritual Wayfaring
Mystical Wayfaring in the Light of the Qur’an and the Ahl al-Bayt
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Observing Body and Soul
#TheSpiderTwo traits: May God, the Merciful, protect us from spider-like ways and spider-like people! Beware—be very wary—lest even the slightest trace of the spiders’ traits find its way into your heart! Be on your guard!!! Against taking a spider-like husbandor wife! Be careful not to make spider-like people your companions and confidants! And never, ever be their guest.
Whoever enters a spider’s home as a guest becomes its prey, food for its belly!
Do not be taken in by the beauty of a spider’s web. Anyone who is deceived by it will be ensnared, falling victim to the spiders’ deadly sting and enticing lure.
Do not be taken in by the superficial artistry of irreligious artists, for the price is a person’s faith, life, this world and the Hereafter.
After mating, the female spider makes a meal of the male—his head, limbs and every part of him—out of sheer malice. Do not marry those devoted to worldly gain; your fate will be no better!
A spider’s dwelling is the frailest structure in all creation. Though a spider’s silk is as strong as steel, instead of using this precious material to build a sturdy home and place of rest for itself and its family, the spider uses it only as a hunting ground. The home is fragile, the family is fragile, the bonds are fragile. The spider may even feed on the father, or store him as food for its young; and it, in turn, may become food for its own offspring.
Marriages formed without a higher purpose, and that do not strengthen the order of devotion to God, bear a striking resemblance to the bonds between spiders. So too do families built on shaky foundations and ending in divorce, or families where no love exists among the members and people sacrifice home and family to satisfy their desires and greed!
☘️110–141☘️Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat)