Lover of Saints

This blog is dedicated to Mawlana Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jayli, may Allah increase his lights and raise his stations. May we all drink from the oceans of the true lovers, the saints, the perfected beings and faithful servents of our Most Beloved Prophet Muhammad, may infinite peace and blessings be upon him, his family, and all his companions and followers.

Sunday, October 29, 2006

The Hikam of Ibn ‘Ata’illah / Chapter 4


And he said (may Allah be pleased with him!):

38. Let not the intention of your aspiration shift to what is other than He, for one’s hopes cannot outstrip the Generous [al-Karim].

39. Appeal to no one but Him to relieve you of a pressing need that He Himself has brought upon you. For how can someone else remove what He has imposed? And how can he who is unable to free himself of a pressing need free anyone else of one?

40. If you have not improved your thinking of Him because of His nature, improve it because of His treatment of you. For has He accustomed you to anything but what is good? And has He conferred upon you anything but His favors?

41. How astonishing is he who flees from what is inescapable and searches for what is evanescent! “For surely it is not the eyes that are blind, but blind are the hearts which are in the breasts.”

42. Travel not from creature to creature, otherwise you will be like a donkey at the mill: roundabout he turns, his goal the same as his departure. Rather, go from creatures [al-akwan] to the Creator [al-Mukawwin]: “And that the final end is unto thy Lord.” Consider the Prophet’s words (Allah bless him and grant him peace!): “Therefore, he whose flight is for Allah and His Messenger, then his flight is for Allah and His Messenger; and he whose flight is for wordly gain or marriage with a woman, then his flight is for that which he flees to.” So understand his words (upon him peace!) and ponder this matter, if you can. And peace on you!

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