Explanation of the Method of the Key and Its Teeth
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The Shaykh : And I think you do not know the key and the teeth? Because your keys now are iron.
But we say: these keys are
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh? What? The rattle, it is the rattle, meaning the indicator in it, these are its teeth.
In the past, the teeth were made of wood; they are carved and thin sticks are placed in them, corresponding to the holes in the hand that enters the wall, and it is called by people the channel, yes. If you insert the key and it has no teeth, it will never open, but if you insert it and it has teeth, it opens it. If it has all the teeth except one, it will not open. If the teeth are short, it will not open, yes.
So the important thing is that the key to Paradise is "La ilaha illa Allah," and the key must have teeth, and for this reason he says:
"Do not dismiss this example, for how many problems it solves in the understanding of the knowers". Yes. "For the one with understanding" Yes.
But we say: these keys are
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh? What? The rattle, it is the rattle, meaning the indicator in it, these are its teeth.
In the past, the teeth were made of wood; they are carved and thin sticks are placed in them, corresponding to the holes in the hand that enters the wall, and it is called by people the channel, yes. If you insert the key and it has no teeth, it will never open, but if you insert it and it has teeth, it opens it. If it has all the teeth except one, it will not open. If the teeth are short, it will not open, yes.
So the important thing is that the key to Paradise is "La ilaha illa Allah," and the key must have teeth, and for this reason he says:
"Do not dismiss this example, for how many problems it solves in the understanding of the knowers". Yes. "For the one with understanding" Yes.