Post by Jamil on Feb 8, 2005 11:48:32 GMT
The Removal of Cares (Jala' al-Khawatir)
by Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani (Rehmatullahi alaihi)
Translated into English (excerpt form the 13th discourse)
Pay attention to what I have to say, and accept my good advice. You must follow the indications of the affirmation of Divine Unity [tawhid] and pay close attention to the words of the champions of truth [siddiqun] and the saints [awliya']. Their speech is like inspiration [wahy] from Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He). They speak on His behalf and at His command, beyond the competence of the common herd ['awamm tagham]. You are crazy. You compose your speech from the books and then deliver it. If you lost your written notes, what would you do? What if your books caught fire? Or if the lamp you see to read by went out, if your jar broke and the ink got spilled, where would you find your flint, your tinderbox, your matches and your assistant?
When someone acquires knowledge, puts it into practice and does so sincerely, his flint and his assistant come to be within his heart, a light from the light of Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He). He can then provide illumination for himself and for others.
Away with you, O sons of babble, O sons of pages composed by the hands of the lower selves [nufus] and the passions [ahwiya] ! Woe unto you, you are quarreling with the lucky one [mahzuz]. You will be crushed and destroyed and will fail to achieve your own good fortune. How can the preordainment [sabiqa] and foreknowledge ['ilm] be altered by your effort? You must be believers who surrender themselves [mu'minun muslimun]. Surely you have heard His words (Almighty and Glorious is He):
Those who believed in Our signs and had surrendered themselves. (al-Qur'an 43:69)
by Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani (Rehmatullahi alaihi)
Translated into English (excerpt form the 13th discourse)
Pay attention to what I have to say, and accept my good advice. You must follow the indications of the affirmation of Divine Unity [tawhid] and pay close attention to the words of the champions of truth [siddiqun] and the saints [awliya']. Their speech is like inspiration [wahy] from Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He). They speak on His behalf and at His command, beyond the competence of the common herd ['awamm tagham]. You are crazy. You compose your speech from the books and then deliver it. If you lost your written notes, what would you do? What if your books caught fire? Or if the lamp you see to read by went out, if your jar broke and the ink got spilled, where would you find your flint, your tinderbox, your matches and your assistant?
When someone acquires knowledge, puts it into practice and does so sincerely, his flint and his assistant come to be within his heart, a light from the light of Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He). He can then provide illumination for himself and for others.
Away with you, O sons of babble, O sons of pages composed by the hands of the lower selves [nufus] and the passions [ahwiya] ! Woe unto you, you are quarreling with the lucky one [mahzuz]. You will be crushed and destroyed and will fail to achieve your own good fortune. How can the preordainment [sabiqa] and foreknowledge ['ilm] be altered by your effort? You must be believers who surrender themselves [mu'minun muslimun]. Surely you have heard His words (Almighty and Glorious is He):
Those who believed in Our signs and had surrendered themselves. (al-Qur'an 43:69)
