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Faith

Not everyone who is first to set out on the journey

Translated from Uzbek · Original text

Not everyone who is first to set out on the journeyWill always be the victor, my friend.As long as your ego rules over your head,You cannot be a companion on the road, a fellow sufferer, my friend.O you who have grown weary fighting Satan,Look at the wondrous workings of destiny:Azazel, who bore the name of scholar, gnostic, saint —Did his face not end up blackened?And yet in matters of worship he excelled,And yet he was the first to travel on this path.Arrogance destroyed his nearness,And today he is a savage hunter of faith.Never forget, even for a moment, the lesson of pre-eternity,Keep your thoughts always awake:Do not follow the creed of the accursed Satan —Do not suddenly abandon good deeds.Akrom MALIK

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