Tablet to Jinab-i Khalil “the Friend” 14 страница
and continued to exist because of Her perpetuity.
36.
At another time, I perceived Her as a fire that had blazed forth in the divine bush,
as though the element of fire had been created from a torch ignited by Her glowing embers.
37.
The hearts of both visible and invisible being were consumed by Her heat and flame
when they were shaken by a delicate yearning for Her and a wondrous hankering for Her.
38.
It is as though the fragrance of the All-Merciful wafted from the apertures in Her garments.
39.
Praise be to God, Her creator, originator and fashioner.
40.
Then I drew near, until She stood before my face
and gave utterance as a dove warbles in the realm of eternity,
as though speaking in the wondrous music that hath no words, letters, or sounds.
41.
It is as though all books appeared in commentary on the songs of Her innovation.
42.
I recognized all meaning in a single point therein.
43.
When I listened with my entire being,
I heard the mention of God, the Exalted, the Most Glorious, in Her tunes,
and the name of God, the Exalted, the Most High, in Her melodies.
44.
I raised my hand another time,
and bared one of Her breasts that had been hidden beneath Her gown.
45.
Then the firmament was illumined by the radiance of its light,
contingent beings were made resplendent by its appearance and effulgence,
and by its rays infinite numbers of suns dawned forth,
as though they trekked through heavens that were without beginning or end.
46.
I became bewildered at the pen of God's handiwork,
and at what it had inscribed upon Her temple.
47.
It was as though She had appeared with a body of light in the forms of the spirit,
as though She moved upon the earth of essence in the substance of manifestation.
48.
I noticed that the nymphs had poked their heads out of their rooms
and were suspended in the air above Her.
49.
They grew perplexed at Her appearance and Her beauty,
and were entranced by the raptures of Her song.
50.
Praise be to Her creator, fashioner, and maker
--to the one Who made Her manifest.
51.
Then she nearly swooned within herself,
and with all her being she sought to inhale My fragrance.
52.
She opened Her lips, and the rays of light dawned forth from Her teeth,
as though the pearls of the cause had appeared from Her treasures and Her shells.
53.
She asked,
"Who art Thou?"
54.
I said,
"A servant of God, and the son of His maidservant."
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55.
She said,
"I discern in Thee the signs of sorrow,
which so sadden Thee that I find the lamp of joy in the niche of Thy heart
to have been extinguished,
and the lights of happiness in the lantern of Thy soul to have been cut off.
56.
I adjure Thee by God, other than Whom there is no God,
not to conceal from Me what befell Thee.
57.
Inform Me, that I might know Thy circumstances with no departure from the whole truth,
though it be less than a bit of overflowing foam."
58.
I said to Her,
"Do not ask Me about that,
for Thou canst not bear to hear from Me concerning my sorrow
--not even a mere letter thereof.
59.
I entreat you in the name of God, the All-Powerful, the Protector, the Eternal,
to lift Thy hand from Me and leave Me alone.
60.
Return to Thy place in paradise,
and do not ask about what I cannot disclose to Thee
--even though it be a mere syllable thereof."
Tablet of the Maiden CHAPTER THREE
Divisions 61-90
THE MAIDEN
61.
When She saw the quaking of my soul, the wailing of my heart, the lamenting of my being,
the fire burning in my bones, the shuddering of my skin, the disturbance in my soul,
and the uneasiness of my body,
She called out to Me, asking,
62.
"Hast Thou a mother to bemoan Thy tribulations?"
63.
I said,
"I do not know."
64.
She asked,
"Hast Thou a sister, to weep at Thy fate, or a helper,
to aid Thee in Thy trial and to give Thee company in Thy loneliness?"
65.
I said,
"By my sorrow, to which no joy ever came, do not ask Me anything!
66.
Look at my heart, so that what Thou seekest may become apparent to Thee."
67.
She bowed Her head in the direction of my heart,
scrutinizing all my limbs, members, bones and inner organs,
as though She had lost something and sought it everywhere.
68.
Her examination lasted for a long time.
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69.
Then She lifted Her head until it reached my breast.
70.
I saw that Her condition had undergone an alteration.
71.
Her head tilted once to the right, and once to the left.
72.
At one moment, She lifted Her gaze to the heavens with grief and misery,
and at another She looked at the earth in confusion and regret.
73.
I saw Her lips move as though She were saying something beneath Her breath.
74.
I trained my ear on Her, and heard a faint cry,
as though it issued from the depths of Her being in the essence of Her heart.
75.
When I brought my head close to Her mouth,
I heard words that I cannot mention.
76.
Were I to disclose them, by God, nothing would be left of this world
in the heat of the searing of Her soul and the scorching of Her heart.
77.
Then She addressed Me, saying,
"[I,] Thy mother will die, O youth. [spoken in the context of an immature and lawless man]
78.
For I have seen no person like Thee.
79.
My distress and bewilderment over Thee,
and my perturbation hath increased at Thy condition.
80.
Would that I had never been created in the divine realm of eternity,
had never been born from a breath of God in the most exalted chambers,
had never imbibed the milk of life from the springs of glory!
81.
How sad is what I have come to know, and to see,
how sorrowful what I have discovered.
82.
For however much I searched, I found within Thee no heart,
whereby I might be informed about Thy circumstances."
83.
When I heard Her lift Her head up, I saw that Her eyes were overflowing with blood,
as though oceans appeared from Her every teardrop.
84.
When Her eyes met mine, Her tears took the reins of patience from Her,
and She shrieked Her lament such that I cannot mention or describe it.
85.
Then She was overcome with weeping.
86.
She lifted Her hands to my shoulder, and I placed my hand on Her shoulder,
and we wept without moderation,
such that it cannot be reckoned by time, eternity, eons, or epochs.
87.
When Her weeping subsided, She said,
"I adjure Thee by the [Lord] Who seized the writing pens in His powerful grasp
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and thereby established whatever He willed,
88.
to answer my questions about what hath befallen Thee,
that I might be Thy companion in Thy calamities
and make mention of Thine ordeals among the concourse on high in the sublime realm."
89.
I said to Her,
"My beloved,
by my life and Thine, I am not able to explain for Thee what befell Me.
90.
Yet look at my breast, that Thou mightest discover therein what will satisfy Thy quest,
in the inner recesses of my most hidden soul."
Tablet of the Maiden CHAPTER FOUR
Divisions 91-120
THE MAIDEN
91.
Then She tilted Her head and brought it near once more to my bosom,
searching for so long a time that it cannot be expressed in the realm of glory,
nor can it be uttered by the tongues of the eloquent.
92.
Yet She found no trace.
93.
Behold, I saw the earth quake at the trembling of Her soul,
and shake at the quivering of Her heart.
94.
She remained, before time, after time, above time.
95.
Then She raised Her head with a scream that cleft the sky and broke open the earth.
96.
Lands moved, and mountains were pulverized.
97.
Then She returned to Me and said,
"[I,] Thy mother hath died, O youth. [because you are an immature man]
98.
Thy circumstances have bewildered Me
and Thy deeds have caused Me to perish.
99.
I never found any person with either heart or breast.
100.
How hast Thou survived on earth,
how canst Thou exist in this world?"
101.
At that point She was gazing at Me
as a lover looketh on the beauty of the beloved.
102.
Then I saw Her shaking within Herself,
as though the breeze of God from this coat had wafted upon Her.
103.
She turned to Me outwardly and inwardly and said,
"By Thy life, I perceive from Thee the fragrance of the beloved.
104.
Thou art the darling of the worlds.
105.
If Thou art He, why dost Thou disguise Thy comely features?
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106.
Is it because of the people of the Quran,
or because of the people of the Bayan?
107.
Woe be unto all created things!"
108.
When I smelled Her perfume and saw Her advancing toward Me,
I guided Her to my soul.
109.
When She knew, She wailed, shook, lamented, trembled,
and fell on Her face in the dust before my feet.
110.
When I turned to Her, I found Her stretched out on the ground,
and the spirit had departed from Her as though She had never been created therein.
111.
Then the nymph suspended in the air howled,
and the purified nymph in the cloud of unknowing lamented, [the vestal virgin]
112.
and all of them returned to their palaces and their pavilions,
forsaking all that had been ordained for them and created for their essences.
113.
I was standing over Her body, stricken by Her grief,
bewildered at Her condition and Her love.
114.
I took Her and washed Her with the tears of my eyes,
then wrapped Her in a shroud of my own clothing.
115.
Then I brought my lips close to Her right ear
and gave Her the glad tidings of what no one can hear from Me in Her regard.
116.
When I had spoken to Her, She trembled at the Word of God.
117.
Then She gave Me the glad tidings of what I must not mention or even breathe.
118.
Thereafter, I consigned Her to the sacred receptacles
and returned Her to the place of intimacy, the station that we had foreordained for Her.
119.
Thus do we address you, O concourse of paradise,
with a vision of eternity.
120.
Interpret it for me,
if ye can interpret the vision of the spirit.
Translated by J. Cole
Tablet of Blood CHAPTER ONE
Divisions 1-25
BLOOD
1.
We have caused this Surah of Blood to surge forth from the Ocean of the Unseen,
that it might be a sign of My Manifestation among all created things.
2.
He is eternally seated upon the Throne!
In My Name, the Glorious, the All-Glorious:
3.
Hearken, O Muhammad, to the voice of thy Lord from this station,
which is exalted above the reach of all contingent beings.
4.
It can never be attained by the hearts of His creatures
nor by the inmost realities of those who have, for a single instant,
been heedless of this sanctified, mighty and concealed Cause.
5.
Say:
O people,
hasten unto the sanctuary of God and His essence,
unto the House of God and His Selfhood,
unto the Manifestation of God and His sovereignty.
6.
Be not of them that make mention of God with their lips
and yet show forth opposition to His signs.
7.
Say:
O people,
this is a station around which circles the Concourse on High,
then the denizens of the canopy of eternity and those who dwell beyond the depths of grandeur,
if ye be of them that comprehend.
8.
Say:
This is the Shrine, the Presence, the Countenance and the Greatness of God Himself.
9.
Arise and issue forth from your homes,
O people of the concourse of Divinity,
and ye of the grades of divine Dominion,
and then the people of might in the stations both of this earthly world and the Kingdom of Heaven.
10.
Thus may ye attain unto this station, which none have reached save those who detached themselves from all in heaven and on earth, and from all that is characterized by name, description, direction or allusion, did ye but understand.
11.
Say:
O people,
this is the station of God, this is His Court, Garden and Paradise,
and this is His Tabernacle and Pavilion.
12.
Beware, O people,
lest ye turn your faces toward anyone but Him.
13.
Hasten then unto Him, that mayhap ye will be given to eat of the fruits of the Spirit.
14.
This is a station wherein the righteous, and they that circle round the Throne on High,
have halted, as ye also bear witness.
15.
As for thee, O Muhammad,
perform what the tongue of thy Lord doth counsel thee at this time,
and accomplish all that which thou art bidden by God, the Protector, the Almighty, the Beloved.
16.
First of all, tear the veils of vain imagination from about thy heart
by My mighty, powerful, and unquestioned Sovereignty.
17.
Then enter the fortress of the All-Merciful in My Name, the Mighty, the Glorified,
and pay no heed to all that hath been and shall be.
18.
If thou shouldst behold Satan seated at its gate, forbidding thee to enter therein,
close thine eyes to him and take refuge in My Beauty, the Blessed, the Help in Peril, the Adored.
19.
Beware lest ye sit with those in whom thou perceivest the evidences of malice,
as heat is evident in summer or cold in poison.
20.
Flee from them and their ilk, and look not upon them nor that which they possess.
21.
Turn thy gaze rather to My Cause,
and that which surpasseth in excellence all else, did ye but perceive it.
22.
If thou dost wish to travel in various lands,
then do thou spread the dawning lights of thy Lord throughout those realms.
23.
Think thou upon the handiwork of thy Lord which thou seest,
that thou mayest be of those who consider.
24.
Adorn thyself with My character,
in such wise that should anyone treat thee unjustly
thou wouldst take no heed of him, nor oppose him.
25.
Leave him to the judgment of thy Lord,
the Powerful, Omnipotent and Self-Subsisting.
Tablet of Blood CHAPTER TWO
Divisions 26-50
BLOOD
26.
Be at all times a wronged one,
for this is one of My attributes, though none but the sincere are aware of it.
27.
Verily, the sighs of patience uttered by one wronged
are more precious to God than any other deed, did ye but know.
28.
Therefore, be patient in the face of whatever befalleth thee,
and set thy trust in thy Lord God in all thine affairs.
29.
He, verily, doth suffice thee against all the harm which any created thing can wreak toward thee,
and preserveth thee in the shelter of His Cause and the mighty fortress of His guardianship.
30.
There is no God but Him.
His are the worlds of creation and command, and all seek His aid.
31.
Should anyone slander thee,
thou must not retaliate against him in kind lest thou become as he is.
32.
Turn aside from him,
and set thy face toward the holy tabernacle in this exalted and sacred canopy.
33.
Be among men as a sweet-scented hill,
that the fragrance of sanctity may be wafted among them.
34.
In such wise, thou mightest succeed in attracting them to the court of the holy and Beloved [Lord].
35.
Shouldst thou find a helper among the friends of God,
seek his company at eventide and dawn, throughout the months and years.
36.
In all matters, emulate God, thy Succorer.
37.
Walk among men with His dignity and peace,
and teach them the Cause of their Lord to the extent that they are able to hear it.
38.
O hoopoe of Sheba, go thou with My book to the cities of God.
39.
Should the other birds ask thee concerning the dove of holiness, say,
"When I left her, she was sore-pressed in the talons of denial and the beaks of wickedness.
40.
She had no helper save God, Who created her,
formed her and made her the lamp of His beauty between the heavens of the earth,
if ye be possessed of certainty."
41.
Shouldst thou find one of My lovers, if he asks about Me say,
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