Manuscript volume 32 · Page 14

من القمر، فلذا سمينا الروح الجزئي نورا، لأن الله جعل القمر نورا. فهو نور بالجعل كما كانت الشمس ضياء بالجعل، وهي بالذات نور والقمر بالذات محو، فللقمر الفناء وللشمس البقاء:

فللقمر الفناء بكل وجه

و للشمس الإضاءة والبقاء

و للوجه الجميل بكل حسن

لنا منه البشاشة واللقاء

حمينا حسنه من كل عين

كما يحمي من الشجر اللحاء

نزلنا بالسماء على وجود

له العرش المحيط له العماء

له الإقبال والإدبار فينا

له حكم السَّنَى وله السناء

إذا يدنو فمجلسه رحيب

و إن يعلو بنا فلنا الثناء

له حكم الإرادة في وجودي

هو المختار يفعل ما يشاء

ثم تَبِعَتْ القوى الروحانية والحسية لخلق هٰذا الروح الجزئي المنفوخ بطريق التوحيد، لأنه قال: ﴿ونَفَخْتُ﴾ [الحجر: ٢٩]. وأما روح عيسى

from the moon. For this reason we call the particular spirit light, because God made the moon a light. It is light through being made so, just as the sun is radiance through being made so. The sun is intrinsically light, and the moon is intrinsically effacement. Annihilation therefore belongs to the moon, and subsistence to the sun:

To the moon belongs annihilation in every respect;

to the sun belong illumination and subsistence.

From the beautiful face, in all its beauty,

come to us gladness and encounter.

We protected its beauty from every eye,

as bark protects a tree.

In the heaven we alighted upon an existence

to whom belong the encompassing Throne and the Cloud.

To Him belong advance and retreat within us;

His are the ruling of radiance and eminence.

When He draws near, His sitting place is spacious;

when He raises us, praise is ours.

His is the ruling of volition in my existence;

He is the Chooser, doing what He wills.

Then the spiritual and sensory faculties followed the creation of this particular spirit, breathed through the way of oneness, for He said, “I breathed” [al-Hijr 15:29]. As for the spirit of Jesus,