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THE TAKJUM AX AL-ASHWAQ (L IV , L V ) 141

Himself fond, oil, would that He had emboldened thee
to show fondness towards Him !

COMMEXTARY
" 1. ‘ Tbe suns are in the heavenly spliere,’ i.e. the Divine
radiance is in the heart.
2. Cf. Ivor. XV, 29, and xx, 4.
3. ‘ The anvel,’ i.e. the most sublime spiritual essences.
4. ‘ He made Him.self master of me,’ inasmuch as I am
limited by Him. ^
‘ And I of Him,’ inasmuch as the Divine Names are
manifested only in contingent being.
5. ‘ Come hither ’ (Kor. xii, 23), i.e. in order that the
Names may be luaiiife.sted, which is impossible unless I
receive them.
6-7. ‘ Dtir al-Falak,’ a convent for pious women at Baghdad
on the bank of the Tigris near al-Musanna, which is the
residence of the Iimim — on whom be peace ! The author
refers to the heart, because it is the Temple of Divine
manifestation.
. ‘ Al-Musanntl,’ the .station of the Qutb, since it was the
Caliph’s palace.
‘ To fall sick,’ i.e. to fall in love.
‘ And did not make thee forget thy .sickness,’ i.e. gave thee
no relief.
9. He says that the passion of his soul was not kindled by
anything contingent or finite.
■ 11. He says: ‘ Although thou hadst knowledge of God,
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that knowledge did not humble thee so much as thou wert
humbled by the glory of His manifestation, i.e. thy aba.sement
was due to His glory, not to Himself; hence thy knowledge
of Him was imi)erfect.’

LV
1. I am absent, and desire makes Juy soul die ; and I meet
him and am not cured, so ’tis desire whether I am
absent or present.
2. And meeting with him creates in me what I never