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114 THE TARJUMAX AL-ASHWAQ (X X X )

Tlie cloud is the heai't which clothes, i.e. contains, God. The
sleeve represents the hand which takes the pledge of fealty
to Him. The author describes a manife.station of the Essence
behind the veil of phenomena, a manifestation due to the fact
profoundly realized by a .servant of God, that God created
Adam in His image.
20. 'And its tears,’ etc., i.e. divierse sorts of evidentiary
knowledge poured into the gardens of the Divine hearts and
produced an overwhelming sense of awe and majesty.
21. ‘ A narcissus,’ i.e. a vision that imparts incomprehensible
knowledge.
23. ‘ The sun rises,’ i.e. sciences appear which are connected
with the Qutb and upon which the universe depends.
24. She reveals to the hearts of gnostics mysterious love.
25. When this gnostic feels in himself a Divine realization
so that he attains to tbe station indicated in the Tradition,
‘ I am his ear and his eye,’ his speech becomes pure Truth
and absolute Kevelation, and the hearts of his di.sciples
receive from him knowledge in the .same way as the bees
receive honey from God (Kor. xvi, 70).
26. As the winds sway the bough, so the gnostic’s aspiration
causes God to incline mercifully towards him.
27. ‘ At the sand-hill of Iliijir,’ i.e. the white hill, well-
known to the Siifis, on which it is impossible for anyone
to set foot. He says, ‘ Why dost thou not occupy thyself
with making ready for the gifts bestowed by this high
station, in order that no thought of “ the coy beauties ”,
offspring of the original fiat whence we came forth. I am
i.e. contemplation and bewilderment, may occur to thee '<’

28. He answers; ‘ The beauties which I seek are the

an Arab
and therefore I love the coy beauties
i.e. do not blame me for acting as I am prompted by what in
me is original and real’
29. ‘ I care not,’ etc., i.e. I am not limited by stations
and degrees, but only by her, so that wherever she is I am.
30. When I .say to the mediums and veils, ‘ Will J'ou not
consider my case with her, that perchance I may win of