The Meccan Revelations Poems
Poem No.: 5
When he reached the beautiful Kaaba *** my body and attained the rank of trustees
From the Meccan Revelations, part first Page 6
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2 | He walked and circumambulated, and then at his place, he prayed and was confirmed as freed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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5 | Adam had a pious and obedient son, who had a large estate and was the most generous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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7 | He loosens his coat to show you the pride of pride in that swagger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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10 | He performs milestones and rituals as a service to my father so that he can pass them on to the children | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | I was astonished at how they all said, “Because of our father’s corruption and bloodshed'” | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Because he was covering them with the darkness of clay, from what he contained of the sound of the names | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | He appeared with a light in which there was no one else, but they were among the martyrs in it | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | If our father was a gathering place for both saints and enemies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | He saw Al-Muwayhah and Al-Nuwairah coming, unwillingly, without desire and without purity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | In the same way that his opponents did, they judged him harshly and obscenely | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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18 | And I am the Holy One who has the light of your majesty' They treated my father with utmost cruelty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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21 | In fact, the names of the beloved were collected for him on the Night of the Night Journey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | They saw the cursed one quarreling with his soldiers, and they looked at him with hatred | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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24 | They knew that war was inevitably a reality without hesitation or pride | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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27 | And when did I see my father while they were in a meeting? The imam was the imam and they were among the servants | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | He repeated their saying against them, “Our Lord is fair” and sent them down to the enemies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Hostility to the noble community is a punishment for their dissent from the beginning of the fathers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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31 | In his throne, he flattered and prayed to his God to support the weak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | When he saw all these facts, my heart was free from desires |
From the poems of Sheikh Al-Akbar Muhyiddin Ibn Al-Arabi in the Meccan Revelations |