Neyshabur. Tomb of Al-Qushayri
نیشابور. مزار القشيري
Mountain on paper painted
I forgot upon the snow...
In the evening wind on casement
Drawing brought, and window froze.
"Maybe I am hour's spell,
Or maybé amid the walls
I am some enchanted well..."
Window whispered, "Hither go..!"
To the pane I came not loud,
Tracery I see:
Trees are climbing up the mount,
On the summit - tower of brick...
"O the frozen, calling glass,
I am one in shadow clad,
I am asking, let me pass..."
- Thou mayst, the window said.
I had stepped in well, and fell,
In the song dissolved as sound...
In illusive room I am
In the tower on mount.
Scholar: Here is the tomb
Of times of yore,
From window here is seen the moon.
What are you looking for?
Me: From window frozen mine I took
The ornament, I want to put
It on this Shrine...
Scholar: Yes, I accept this gift!
For thee narration this:
سمعت منصوراً المغربي يقول: رأى بعضهم الخضر عليه السلام،
فقال له: هل رأيت فوقك أحداً؟
فقال: نعم، كان عبد الرزاق بن همام يروي الأحاديث بالمدينة،
والناس حوله يستمعون..
فرأيت شاباً بالبعد منهم رأسه على ركبتيه. فقلت له: يا هذا
عبد الرزاق يروي أحاديث رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم.
فلم لا تسمع منه؟ فقال: إنه يروي عن ميت، وأنا
لست بغائب عن الله.
فقلت: إن كنت كما تقول، فمن أنا؟ فرفع رأسه وقال:
أنت أخي أبو العباس الخضر، فعلمت أن لله عباداً لم أعرفهم.
I heard Mansur Al-Maghribi was saying:
One of them saw Al-Khadir, peace be upon him,
and asked him, "Have you ever seen
anyone above you?"
He answered: Yes, once Abd Al-Razzaq bin
Humam was relating the stories on prophet at
Medina, and men around him were listening...
And I saw a youth aloof sitting, his head on his knees.
I told him, "O thou, Abd Al-Razzaq is recounting
the stories on the messenger of God, be he
blessed, and you are not listening, why?"
He replied, "He is telling about the dead,
while I am always with God."
Then I asked, "If it is so,
As you are saying, then who am I?"
He raised his head and did reply,
"Thou art my brother Abu l'Abbas Al-Khadir."
So I realized that God
has servants whom I do not know.
Al-Qushayri
Each gate does ask,
Reply and say to pass...
Explanation: The trial is question, so
Can you resolve?
The Lord trieth the righteous.
Psalm 11:5
To pass you need
The courage and folded wings.
من أحسن أخلاق الصوفية «التواضع»
ولا يلبس العبد لبسة أفضل من التواضع
The best Sufi ethic is modesty,
there is no better raiment than modesty.
Umar Suhrawardi
إِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُسْتَكْبِرِينَ
Verily, He likes not the proud.
Qur'an 16:23
The absence of answer
Is also the answer.
Explanation: For the ship of self-conceit
Undersea there is a reef -
All-Knowing is only God.
Me: What in this case to do?
Scholar: In God all trust to put:
ارجعوا إلى ربكم، يعني ارجعوا
سلموا الكل إليه
Return to your Lord:
the meaning of "return" -
entrust everything to God.
Al-Jilani
Said moon eclipsed:
I have deserved abode
That Names reflect in me,
I am the mirror standing close...
فجمع لنا بين الرفعتين علوِّ المكان
بالعمل وعلو المكانة بالعلم
So He joined the two heights for us:
elevation of place by deed,
and elevation of rank by knowledge.¹
Ibn 'Arabi
The name I called,
And image has emerged upon
The water...
He who knows names knows also
the things which are expressed by them.
Plato
Explanation: Rank of Name -
A step upon the staircase.
For that which is more perfect participates in
a greater degree of the Good. It is
therefore nearer to the Good, is more
allied to the cause of all, and is the cause
of a greater number of effects.
Proclus
Maze of fog, all doors are shut,
If you find, do knock, but fog
Only seen in mirror, but
Mirror this - on rock unknown...
لله ملائكة مهيمون في نور جلاله
وجماله في لذة دائمة، ومشاهدة
لازمة، لا يعرفون أن الله خلق غيرهم
ما التفتوا قط إلى ذواتهم...
To God belong the angels straying in
the light of His splendour and beauty, they
are in constant contemplation, tasting.
They don't even know that God
created anyone beside them, never they
also turn to themselves.²
Ibn 'Arabi
Said mirror shimm'ring: Who
Drank the blackness of my pool -
Became the magic moon.
Explanation: Rank - the power of Name -
How high it elevate.
Those who partake of Name -
Receive his shimmer they -
Affected by his energy.
For the highest genera in each order
are conjoined through similitude to
the natures which are above them.
Proclus
The authority of the Divine Law decreed
that the second should be
guided to the Divine Majesty by the first.
Dionysius the Areopagite
At night upon the glass He cast
His glimpse...
His Image on nocturnal glass
Congealed...
Jesus said unto him,
I am the way, and the truth, and the life:
no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 14:6
فالأسماء كلها ترجمانات عن الهو
All the Names are interpreters of Him.³
Ibn 'Arabi
Explanation: The Word is He,
And every Name - His mirror be.
But lamp is smoking yet, "Fatigue..."
Say what you want to hear...
Me: The meaning of the Wizard's name...
Scholar: Abu l'Abbas Al-Khadir -
Descriptive name:
Abu أبو - he is the lord of sphere.
Abbas عباس - he is the warrior.
Khadir خَضِر - he is the servant of God.
Khidr خِضْر - his name is concealed.
January 2022
Abu Al-Qāsim Al-Qushayri, The Epistle on Sufism
الرسالة القشيرية
Umar Suhrawardi, The Knowledge of the Spiritually Learned
عوارف المعارف
Abd Al-Qadir Al-Jilani, The Opening of Lordship
الفتح الرباني والفيض الرحماني
1 Ibn 'Arabi, The Seals of Wisdom
فصوص الحكم
2 Ibn 'Arabi, The Book of Manifestations
كتاب التجليات
3 Ibn 'Arabi, The Book of Ya
كتاب الياء، وهو كتاب الهو
Plato, Cratylus
Translation by Benjamin Jowett
Proclus, Elements of Theology
Translation by Thos. M. Johnson
Dionysius the Areopagite, The Celestial Hierarchy
Translation from Arabic
by Denis Bezmelnitsin
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