The Far Mosque

From Chapter 17: SOLOMON POEMS
Book IV, Verses 475-486
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Both the tree and the fruit, and the clear water, with a paradise in speech and in discourse.  
For paradise is not bound by tools, but rather by deeds and intentions.  
This structure is made from dead clay and water, while that structure is made alive by obedience.  
This one resembles its flawed origin, while that one resembles its origin, which is knowledge and action.  
Both the throne and the palace, and the crown and garments, with a paradise in question and answer.  
A carpet without a spreader becomes rolled up, a house without a sweeper becomes swept.  
See how the heart's house is disheveled with sorrow, yet without a sweeper, it is swept by repentance.  
His throne moves without a porter, the ring and door become a minstrel and a storyteller.  
There is in the heart the life of the eternal abode, but what use is it if it does not come to my tongue?  
Like Solomon, you would enter every morning into the mosque for the guidance of the servants.  
Sometimes you would give advice with words and melody, sometimes with actions, meaning bowing or prayer.  
Practical advice is more attractive to people, as it reaches the soul of both the hearing and the deaf.

Barks Interpretation

The place that Solomon made to worship in,