The Meccan Revelations

Manuscript volume 26 · Page 10

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Arabic

أن يجعل باطن كفه اليمنى على ظهر كفه اليسرى والرسغ والساعد؛ ليجمع بالإحاطة جميع اليد التي أمر الله عبده في الوضوء للصلاة أن يعمها بالطهارة، فأخذ الرسغ وما جاوره من الكف والساعد. فانظر إلى هذه الحكمة ما أجلاها لذي عينين.

(النظر والسجود)

ثم نهى النبي ص أن يرفع المصلي عينيه إلى السماء في صلاته؛ فإن الله في قبلة العبد ولا يقابله في وقوفه إلا الأفق؛ فهو قبلته التي يستقبلها. ويحمد له أن ينظر إلى موضع سجوده؛ فإنه المنبه له على معرفة نفسه وعبوديته.

ولهٰذا جعل الله القربة في الصلاة في حال السجود. وليس الإنسان بمعصوم من الشيطان في شيء من صلاته إلا في السجود؛ فإنه إذا سجد اعتزل عنه الشيطان يبكي على نفسه ويقول: «أمر ابن آدم بالسجود فسجد فله الجنة، وأمرت بالسجود فأبيت فلي النار».

«الوصل الثامن» من خزائن الجود

وهو متعلق بهٰذا الوصل الذي فرغنا منه، وهو أن العبد متأخر في نفس الأمر عن رتبة خالقه، وقد حيل بينه وبين شهود ذٰلك بما جعل الله فيه من النسيان والسهو

English

to place the palm of his right hand upon the back of his left hand, the wrist, and the forearm, so that by encompassing them he brings together the entire hand that God commanded His servant to include in purification during ablution for prayer. He thus takes hold of the wrist and the adjoining parts of the hand and forearm. Consider this wisdom: how clear it is to one with two eyes!

(Looking and Prostration)

The Prophet, God's blessings and peace be upon him, then forbade the person praying to raise his eyes toward heaven during his prayer. God is in the servant's direction of prayer, and nothing faces him in his standing except the horizon. This is therefore his direction of prayer, which he faces. It is praiseworthy for him to look at the place of his prostration, for it alerts him to knowing himself and his servanthood.

For this reason God placed nearness in prayer in the state of prostration. The human being is protected from Satan in no part of his prayer except prostration. When he prostrates, Satan withdraws from him, weeping over himself and saying, “The son of Adam was commanded to prostrate and prostrated, so the Garden is his. I was commanded to prostrate and refused, so the Fire is mine.”

‘The Eighth Connection’ of the Treasuries of Generosity

It is connected to the connection we have just completed: the servant is, in the actual affair, below his Creator's rank. He has been prevented from witnessing this through the forgetfulness, inadvertence,

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