Neyshabur. The Ravine
نیشابور. دره
In ravine there is a tree,
Always golden leaves it has;
Birds on them one day maybé
Their names have left...
Underneath this tree a leaf
Fallen on the snow I found, -
From the verses dropped a piece, -
In the soundlessness - a sound...
From the snow I moulded moon -
From the verses missing part...
What is written, leaf, on you?
- The strange Anqā...
After thought I went in haste,
But the road in knot had tied;
And the snow began again
To erase all signs...
Scholar: Be silent thou, now hist!
Should be the riddle underneath
The snow...
Me: As shadow stealing I will go...
Scholar: Well, and I have today
For thee another tale:
سمعت الشيخ أبا عبد الرحمن السلمي يقول: سمعت محمد
بن الحسن البغدادي يقول: قال أبو الحديد: سمعت المظفر
الجصاص يقول: كنت أنا ونصرَ الخراط ليلةً في موضع فتذاكرنا
شيئاً من العلم. فقال الخراط: إن الذاكر لله تعالى فائدته في
أول ذكره أنْ يعلمَ أنَّ الله تعالى ذكَره فبذكر الله تعالى ذِكرُه.
قال فخالفته. فقال: لو كان الخضرُ عليه السلم هاهنا لشهد
لصحته. قال: فإذا نحن بشيخٍ يجيء بين السماء والأرض
حتى بلغ إلينا وسلم وقال: صدق؛ الذاكر لله تعالى بفضل
ذكر الله تعالى له ذكره، فعلمنا أنه الخضر عليه السلام.
I heard Sheikh Abu Abd Al-Rahman Al-Sulami
said: I heard Muhammad bin Al-Hasan Al-Baghdādi
said: Abu Al-Hadid said: I heard Al-Muzaffar
Al-Jassās said: I was with Nasr Al-Kharrāt
one night in some place. We were discussing something
of knowledge. Al-Kharrāt said: When
someone remembers God, exalted is He, he
should know first, that God hath remembered him,
so his remembrance came from God's remembrance.
I disagreed with him, and he said, "If Al-Khadir,
peace be upon him, would be here, he
would testify my rightness!" Suddenly
we saw an old man hovering between the sky
and the earth. He approached us, greeted and said,
"Verily, he is right! One who remembers God
Most High - his remembrance is by grace of
God hath remembered him." We then
realized that it was Al-Khadir, peace be upon him.
Al-Qushayri
Said moon eclipsed:
Of Night-dreams I weave reflections, let
Them down the river drift;
Fishermen them catch with net,
And to their dwellings bring...
فالذكر: الإيمان والعلم
The Remembrance: Faith and Knowledge.
Al-Makki
ألا ترى سهلاً التستري، وهو من
رؤساء الطريق وساداته، لما قيل له:
ما القوت؟ فقال: ذكر الحي الذي لا يموت
Don't you see Sahl Al-Tustari, for he
is one of the masters and leaders of the way;
When he was asked, "What is food?"
he replied, "The remembrance of the Living who
never dieth."
Ibn 'Arabi
The more one can perceive -
The more he brings...
وفي الجوامع: عنه صلى الله عليه وسلم:
فضل العالم على العابد كفضل القمر
ليلة البدر على سائر الكواكب
From the collection: From the messenger of God,
be he blessed: The superiority of the scholar
over the believers is like the superiority of
the full moon over the stars at night.
Mohsen Feiz Kashani
Then I saw the running upward steps,
The crescent waxing upon each;
And every one on every step
Does elevate, partake, enrich...
غاية همة المؤمن العارف العالم
باب قربه من الحق عز وجل
The aim of ardour of the faithful scholar is
the gate of proximity to God, exalted and
majestic is He.
Al-Jilani
I asked the moon eclipsed in vision this,
"Reveal'st thy way, and say..."
Replied the moon eclipsed to me,
And spake:
Behold, I gather together the charm
from every place where it is and from
every man with whom it is, swifter than
greyhounds and fleeter than light.
The Papyrus of Ani
March 2021
Abu Al-Qāsim Al-Qushayri, The Epistle on Sufism
الرسالة القشيرية
Abu Talib Al-Makki, The Sustenance of Hearts 1
قوت القلوب في معاملة المحبوب
Ibn 'Arabi, The Abode of Stars
مواقع النُجوم ومطالع أهلة الأسرار والعلوم
Mohsen Feiz Kashani, The Pure Commentary on Qur'an:
Sura "Al-Mujadila"
الصافي في تفسير القرآن: سورة المجادلة
Abd Al-Qadir Al-Jilani, The Opening of Lordship
الفتح الرباني والفيض الرحماني
The Papyrus of Ani, Chapter XXIV
Translation by E.A. Wallis Budge
Translation from Arabic
by Denis Bezmelnitsin
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