Guest guest Posted September 13, 2003 Report Share Posted September 13, 2003 (Excerpts from "The One Alone," a treatise by 13th-century Sufi master Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi. The term "He" that is used has nothing to do with the male sex.Know that He is never in anything, nor is anything in Him. He is neither inside nor outside of anything. None can see Him, whether with the eyes of the head or with the inner eye; nor can any conceive Him with senses, knowledge, mind, intelligence or imagination. Only He can see Himself; only He can conceive Himself. None can know Him; only He can know Himself. He sees Himself by Himself; He conceives Himself by Himself; He knows Himself by Himself. None other than He can see Him. None other than He can know Him. That which hides Him is His oneness. None but Himself can hide Him. The veil that hides Him is His own being. He is not within you; nor are you in Him. He does not exclude you, nor are you excluded from Him. When you are addressed as you, do not think that you exist, with an essence and qualities and attributes; for you never existed, nor do exist, nor ever will exist. You have not entered into Him, nor He into you. Without being, your essence is with Him and in Him. Without having any identity, you are Him and He is you. If you know yourself as nothing, then you truly know your Lord. Otherwise, you truly know Him not.That is why the utterance became permissible for Mansur Al- Hallaj when the words, "I am the Truth!" came from his lips;and for Abu Yazid Al-Bistami when he cried, "Praise be to Me, the essence, absolved of all defect!" These are not people who have annihilated themselves in Allah; nor have they come to be in Allah. They are eternal. They never ceased to be, for they never were, since there is only Allah's self, Allah's essence.So if someone says, "I am the Truth!," do not hear it from any other than from the Truth Himself; for it is not a man who says it, it is the word of Allah. That man who utters these words is nothing but an image reflected in an empty mirror, one of the infinite attributes of Allah. The reflection is the same as that which is being reflected, and the words of the image are the reflected words of the Real One. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2003 Report Share Posted September 13, 2003 Enjoyed this one too. --- Sandeep Chatterjee <sandeepc wrote: (Excerpts from "The One Alone," a treatise by > 13th-century Sufi master Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi. > > The term "He" that is used has nothing to do with > the male sex. > > > Know that He is never in anything, nor is anything > in Him. > He is neither inside nor outside of anything. > > None can see Him, whether with the eyes of the head > or with the inner eye; > nor can any conceive Him with senses, knowledge, > mind, intelligence or imagination. > > Only He can see Himself; only He can conceive > Himself. > None can know Him; only He can know Himself. > He sees Himself by Himself; He conceives Himself by > Himself; > > He knows Himself by Himself. > None other than He can see Him. > None other than He can know Him. > That which hides Him is His oneness. > None but Himself can hide Him. > The veil that hides Him is His own being. > > He is not within you; nor are you in Him. > > He does not exclude you, nor are you excluded from > Him. > > When you are addressed as you, do not think that you > exist, with an essence and qualities and attributes; > > for you never existed, nor do exist, nor ever will > exist. > > You have not entered into Him, nor He into you. > > Without being, your essence is with Him and in Him. > > Without having any identity, you are Him and He is > you. > If you know yourself as nothing, then you truly know > your Lord. > Otherwise, you truly know Him not. > > > That is why the utterance became permissible for > Mansur Al- Hallaj when the words, "I am the Truth!" > came from his lips; > and for Abu Yazid Al-Bistami when he cried, "Praise > be to Me, the essence, absolved of all defect!" > > These are not people who have annihilated themselves > in Allah; nor have they come to be in Allah. They > are eternal. They never ceased to be, for they never > were, since there is only Allah's self, Allah's > essence. > > So if someone says, "I am the Truth!," do not hear > it from any other than from the Truth Himself; > for it is not a man who says it, it is the word of > Allah. > > That man who utters these words is nothing but an > image reflected in an empty mirror, one of the > infinite attributes of Allah. > > The reflection is the same as that which is being > reflected, and the words of the image are the > reflected words of the Real One. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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