God says, O Iblis! [=Satan] “My curse shall be upon thee till the Day of Religion (yawm ud-din)” (38:78), [and not for every time]; for the religion of the Day is differing from our religions: a religion for the hereafter in which there is nothing but unity. It [?] is unbelief in this world, but in the way and religion of the voyagers whether unbelief or belief! Both are one and the same thing. Yusof-i Ameri says,
“In the tavern of ruin whether poor or king,
On the way of unification whether prayer or sin,
Before the congress of the highest heaven whether the sun or the moon,
Skins of wandering Dervishes whether white or black.”
These words are not for everyone. Iblis is related to the way [of unification], anyway, but he invites us from Him and Muhammad (pbuh) invites to Him. Iblis is assigned for sentry of the divine doorway and it be said to him, “you are My lover then adore Our seat and don’t let aliens to pass from the door and constantly whisper:
My beloved direct me to guard the door,
Don’t let aliens, who do not love Me to enter,
Say him who says love Me,
‘Be self-less!’
This is place of nobody but Me.”
Sigh! The sin of Iblis is his love with God and the sin of Muhammad, do you know what is? God’s love with him is the sin of the Prophet.
- Ayn al-Quddat Hamidani, Tamhidat (Book of the Contrivances), ed. Afif Osseiran, pp 228-229.
Tags: Ahmad, Ayn al-Qudat, door, Iblis, Muhammad, religion, Shuhudiya, Tamhidat, unity
January 19, 2009 at 2:56 am |
A wonderful post, brother
Here is a hadith you might find interesting too:
“Verily, Satan has said, ‘By Your Honor and Grandeur, O Allah, my temptations will not depart from your servants as long as their souls are in their bodies.’ And the Lord said, ‘By My Honor and My Grandeur, never will I cease forgiving those who ask My forgiveness.’”
May Allah bless you and forgive me. Ameen.
Ya Haqq!