Album: "Rise"
Played on: Sitar (Sufi instrument)
Played by: Anoushka Shankar
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The Sufi sent a message in reply that 'still the capital is far away' - ہنوز دلی دور است .
The King started a march with his fellows to the capital. On the way,
he was killed by his own son in pursuit of kingship!
So he could never reach the capital!
Characters:
Sufi saint: Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya (1238 - 1325) (Urdu: حضرت خواجة
نظام الدّین اولیا),
King: Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq (... - 1325) (Urdu: غیاث الدین تغلق)
Son: Muhammad bin Tughluq
*photo by balavenise
Al Hallaj says about God:
"Before" does not outstrip Him,
"after" does not interrupt Him
"of" does not vie with Him for precedence
"from" does not accord with Him
"to" does not join with Him
"in" does not inhabit Him
"when" does not stop Him
"if" does not consult with Him
"over" does not overshadow
Him "under" does not support Him
"opposite" does not face Him
"with" does not press Him
"behind" does not limit Him
"previous" does not display Him
"after" does not cause Him to pass away
"all" does not unite Him
"is" does not bring Him into being
"is not" does not deprive Him from Being.
Concealment does not veil Him
His pre-existence preceded time,
His being preceded non-being,
His eternity preceded limit.
If thou sayest 'when',
His existing has outstripped time;
If thou sayest 'before', before is after Him;
If thou sayest 'he', 'h' and 'e' are His creation;
If thou sayest 'how', His essence is veiled from description;
If thou sayest 'where', His being preceded space;
If thou sayest 'ipseity' (ma huwa),
His ipseity (huwiwah) is apart from things.
Other than He cannot
be qualified by two (opposite) qualities at
one time; yet With Him they do not create opposition.
He is hidden in His manifestation,
manifest in His concealing.
He is outward and inward,
near and far; and in this respect He is
removed beyond the resemblance of creation.
He acts without contact,
instructs without meeting,
guides without pointing.
Desires do not conflict with Him,
thoughts do not mingle with Him:
His essence is without qualification (takyeef),
His action without effort (takleef). [3]
Citations:
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahdat_al-wujud (link)
2. Imaginal worlds, William Chiittick (1994), pg.53 , (wikipedia)
3. Arthur John Arberry, The Doctrine of the Sufis.
http://www.khamush.com/sufism/hallaj.html (link)
ٔغمِ حیات نے زخمِ جگر گہرا کیا
شکر صدہا، پورا ہوا فسانہءِ زبوں
محفلِ یار میں بے دلی دیکھ کر بولا
"دل ہی نہیں ہے، تو پھر کیوں رہوں"
(ساحل)
why the relentless heart (which was always sad) should have remained inside
so it shed down in the form of tear, when i was laughing
the painstaking daily life added to the previous wound made by love
thanks a lot, for the story of loss has completed
on seeing the friend's impassivity in meeting, I said myself (and left)
"My heart doesn't want to be here, then what should I stay for?"
~afterwind
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