The Bowl of Saki Commentary

All thought, speech, and action not divine in its operation causes disturbance. Therefore restraint of thought, speech, and action appears necessary to produce calmness and peace for ourselves or for the universe. But this is the calmness of sleep, not of activity, and approaches death, not life, in its principle. The great quest is to find the calmness that is action, the peace that is expressive, the principle which is harmonious in all its operations.

This comes through our union with God, and this in turn is the natural result of spiritual practices, especially Fikr. This permits action, allows the life to touch the surface, and spiritualizes even the dense earth, for as soon as human will touches Divine Will, then that instant the Divine Will is expressed through the human being. And for this purpose humanity was made to appear on the earth.