we would not know what He says in His address to us, for He is the Self-Sufficient, the Praiseworthy.
In the reality of reality, through Him we alight with Him, and through Him He alights with us.
Whether it is a mutual encounter or a complete descent, He is both the speaker and the hearer. He knows what He says, for He is the hearing of one whose station this is. None but He hears His speech.
Since He is the root, we exist only through Him. The branch emerges in the form of the root, and within it fruit appears—I mean within the branches—and benefits are attained, just as they are the loci of needs. There is none but He.
Had I a path to You,
I would have no proof of You.
For this You are a mighty Lord,
While I am the abject little servant.
I wonder at a Deity and a servant
Within an exalted, awesome Abode:
A relation and two letters of inclusion,
In that He and we are counterparts.
God said it; no created being
Said it. I therefore said it as He says.
Of this is: This is the affair
That is inevitable, and that suffices.
Act according to my saying, if
You are characterized by it.
When the Real debates with you,
Be fair toward Him in it.
If you oppose Him,
You will, through it, stand upon an edge.
(Address from behind the Veil of Form)
Notlar
Translator’s note: The syntax of “a relation and two letters of inclusion / in that He and we are counterparts” is compressed. The supplied bi-annahu (“in that He...”) has been retained without supplying an antecedent or changing the expression.
