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124 THE TAHJUSIAN AL-ASHWAQ (XXXIX, XI>)

C o m m e n t a r y
1. ‘ Virgins,’ i.e. Divine sciences embodied in tlie world
of similitude.
‘ As I was kissing,’ etc., i.e. in the station o£ Divine
allegiance
2. ‘ Their scent,’ i.e. their traces in the hearts of the gnostics
who know them.
3. ‘ No mooidess night,’ i.e. the darkness of ignoi-ance or
bewilderment.
7. ‘ The blackne.ss of the hair on her brow,’ i.e. the
mysterious sciences of which she is the bearer, ,e.g. the
Traditions respecting assimilation
8. ‘ We are in daylight during the night,’ etc., i.e. in the
essence of the case God’s invisibility is His visibility, and
His visibility is His invisibility, if we regard Him and not
our own reason.

XL
1. Between Adhri'sit and Busrd. a maid of fourteen rose to
my sight like a full moon.
2. She was exalted in majesty above Time and transcended
it in pride and glory.
3. Every full moon, when it reaches perfection, sutlers
a waning that it maj’^make a complete month,

4. Except this one : for she does not move through zodiacal
signs nor double what is single.
5. Thou art a pj-^x containing blended odours and perfume,
(). Beauty reached in thee her utmost limit: another like
thou art a meadow producing spring-herbs and
flowers.

thee is impossible.

CoM-MENTAKV
1. ‘ Between Adhri'at and Busnl ’ : he mentions these
places because they mark the farthest point reached by the
Prophet in his Syrian journey.
‘ A maid of fourteen,’ i.e.. the perfect soul. Four is tlu>