﴿ مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ ﴾

“He has given freedom to the two great bodies of water, so that they might meet:”

He has loosed the two seas, and they meet. He said:One of these seas is the heart, which contains a variety of gems: the gem of faith, the gem of gnosis (maʿrifa), the gem of realising God�s oneness, the gem of contentment (riḍā), the gem of love (maḥabba), the gem of longing (shawq), the gem of sorrow (ḥuzn), the gem of neediness [for God] (faqr), and other [gems]. The other sea is the self (nafs).His words, Exalted is He: