The Bowl of Saki Commentary
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The whole world's treasure is too small a price to pay for a word that kindles the soul.
Commentary from Hazrat Murshid SAM (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti, Samuel L. Lewis):
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The whole world's treasures cannot be carried away, besides which the thought of them would become a terrific burden. The soul desires freedom, and even possession of a thing may become a bar to freedom. When there is worry, when there is undue solicitude, then there is pain, there is a burden, and there is no freedom.
So all worldly possessions and all intellectual accomplishments may alike become ideals or hindrances, and if there is any doubt, the doubt itself must be removed. It is love alone that opens the portals of joy. Besides, the treasures of the world pass away, but the soul that is kindled knows its immortal worth.