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    straightness


    1. his friend in the siege and straightness, wherewith their enemies, and


    2. flesh of his friend in the siege and straightness, with which their enemies, and those who seek their lives, shall straiten them


    3. for the town was hard to besiege, and uneasy to come to, by reason of the straightness of all the places


    4. 55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he has nothing left him in the siege, and in the straightness, with which your enemies shall distress you in all your gates


    5. 57 And toward her young ones who come out from between her feet, and toward her children who she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straightness, with which your enemy shall distress you in your gates


    6. particular branch and straightness will always be connected, or what I call a lime and the taste of


    7. particular branch is associated with straightness, there is no law requiring it to be straight the


    8. because the branch appears bent but is straight, but what more is straightness other than a


    9. § First: The straightness upon God’s orders without which the communication will not occur


    10. ” Thus, feeling fear leads to obedience and straightness, and by obedience the spirit becomes able to witness the Messenger’s perfection (cpth) which makes it love him and attain a connection with him

    11. They notice the believers’ straightness, but do not witness the advantages of their deeds


    12. By his magnifying of his Creator, he feels submission and awe towards Him; thereby you find him become straight, and by his straightness, his spirit feels reassured and trusts in God’s Satisfaction with it, so it directs its face towards Him


    13. They notice the straightness of the believers, but do not witness the advantages of their deeds


    14. )) Thus, feeling fear leads to obedience and straightness, and through obedience the spirit becomes able to witness the Envoy’s (cpth) perfection


    15. Straightness is the beginning of this sequence


    16. You cannot love the Envoy (cpth) unless you derive a share of perfection from Al’lah by performing genuine prayer based on straightness and faith


    17. When you get at believing in that there is no God but Al'lah and become one of those who see that God's Hand controls the movement of all universe, when your spirit becomes immersed in this viewing and you become witnessing that no winds blow, no clouds cover the sky or stick together, no rains flow, no lightning flashes or shimmers, no thunder resounds, no sea runs high and low with restless waves, no water of river flows in constant flax, no volcano breaks out angrily, no flood streams in force and intension, no earthquake shakes the land making forgetful and heedless hearts tremble scared, no earth circulates in order to cause Night and Day and four seasons, no stars swim shining within systematic orbits: that is to say, if you become of those who witness that the universe with all its creatures is but one unit directed by a Hand of Wise and Peerless One and a Will of Cognizant and Omniscient One, according to your efforts, and your Daily-contemplations, and without Him even your hand does not move, your eye does not blink, your ear does not hear a sound or a noise, your heart does not beat pulsing between systole and diastole, your stomach does not secrete its gastric juice over the foods inside it, your liver does not store substances or secrete others according to a firm standards, your lungs do not expand and contract between inspiration and expiration, your blood does not flow in arteries and veins, the red corpuscles do not carry what they carry to and fro, the white corpuscles do not fight and struggle with microbes, the germs do not attack the body severely: I say, if you become sure of that by minding and spiritual witnessing, not by hearing from specialists or reading in volumes and books so that you become seeing that everything is controlled by God's Hand and that all people, notables or commoners, near or far, strong or weak, and even all the creatures, can not render you a benefit nor protect you from an evil, nor hurt you or cause any change in your state except by Al'lah's Leave, there; you will enter the fort of straightness and will never exceed God's bounds


    18. At this stage, the stage of straightness upon God's Order and approaching Him by doing the favor, the spirit will be confident of its charity and of God's Satisfaction with it, and due to such confidence it will draw nearer to its Creator and turn wholly towards Him so that its link will be established and its communication with God will become right


    19. This is the way that was followed by the prophets and the messengers, and it leads to straightness, loftiness, and sublimity


    20. Therefore, when you reach this position through using the power of thought to reach your spiritual mind, not by hearing others or following traditions, and you achieve spiritual witnessing; when you realize that everything is managed by God and not by anybody from among all the people in the world, and that nobody in all of creation can even do a favor for you or protect you from evil; when you realize that nobody can cause you any harm or change any of your circumstances unless you deserve it and it happens by Al’lah’s leave: at this point you will enter the citadel of straightness, from wherein you have no wish to exceed the bounds of Al’lah, and then none of jinn-kind or humankind can hold any sway over you

    21. By my life, that is the real communication with God, which is accomplished only by straightness and abstention from forbidden things


    22. These are states which arise due to the spirit’s straightness and good deeds


    23. Because its straightness is unspoiled by ugly bends or deflections in its fantastically fast, direct, powerful growth; it has been targeted by the undead as one most crucial life-energies on Earth which must be destroyed, polluted, poisoned as much as possible and used for evil purposes instead of for good


    24. and the straightness and perfection of a path


    25. X, page 87 [Transcribers Note: Diagram IV], he would proceed to invest it with straight lines, taking advantage of any straightness in the boundary, noting the length and the angles at which these straight lines cut each other, and then reproducing them to scale on his plan


    26. The majority were Norwegians, whose courage and straightness of character are matters beyond doubt


    27. battered scabbard smartly slapping his high boots, his tarnished spurs dully gleaming— He stood with military straightness in his old uniform, his pistol in its worn holster, his Major Ashley Wilkes, C


    28. The straightness of the way, the swish of traffic, the unbroken speed are hypnotic, and while the miles peel off an imperceptible exhaustion sets in


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    Synonyms for "straightness"

    heterosexualism heterosexuality straightness good faith directness

    "straightness" definitions

    (of hair) lack of a tendency to curl


    freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles


    trueness of course toward a goal


    having honest intentions


    a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex