Yazma cildi 30 · Sayfa 37

لما ذكر له الأنبياء ع، قال: ﴿أُولئِكَ الَّذِينَ هَدَى الله فَبِهُداهُمُ اقْتَدِهْ﴾ [الأنعام: ٩٠]، وما قال «فبهم اقتده».

فعلمنا إن محمدا مساو لجميع من ذكره من الأنبياء ومن لم يذكره؛ فإنه لكل نبي هدى، كما ذكر: ﴿لِكُلٍّ جَعَلْنا مِنْكُمْ شِرْعَةً ومِنْهاجاً﴾ [المائدة: ٤٨].

فهو سبحانه نصب الشرائع وأوضح المناهج وجمع ذٰلك كله في محمد ص؛ فمن رآه فقد رأى جميع المقربين، ومن اهتدى بهديه فقد اهتدى بهدى جميع النبيين :

و ما على الله بمستنكر / أن يجمع العالم في واحد.

(الشؤون الإلهية واختلاف الأحوال)

وأعني بقولي إن أحوال هٰذا القطب أحوال ربه ما قال الحق عن نفسه من أنه «كل يوم في شأن»، فهٰذا عبارة عن اختلاف الأحوال. فهو من القوم الذين يشاهدون الحق في شئونه فينظرون إلى ما له من الشئون فيهم، فيتلبسون بها منه، فهم من أحوالهم على بصيرة.

فمن هذه حاله ما هو مثل من حاله التخلق بالأسماء الإلهية، بل لهٰذا ذوق ولهٰذا ذوق. فمثل هٰذا الرجل يكون مجهول الحال؛ لأن مواطن الحق خفية لا يدركها إلا من كان مقامه التلبس بالشئون.

(الحكمة والاعتراض)

والدليل على ذٰلك إنا قد جمعنا على أنه لا موجد إلا الله، وأنه حكيم يضع الأمور مواضعها ولا يتعدى بها موطنها؛ فكل شيء

when He mentioned the prophets to him, peace be upon them, saying: ‘Those are the ones God has guided, so follow their guidance’ [al-An‘am 6:90]. He did not say, ‘Follow them.’

Thus we know that Muhammad equals all the prophets He mentioned and those He did not mention, for each prophet has guidance, as He mentioned: ‘For each of you We have appointed a law and a way’ [al-Ma’ida 5:48].

He, glorified is He, established the Revealed Laws and made the ways clear, and gathered all this within Muhammad, God’s blessings and peace be upon him. Whoever sees him has seen all those brought near, and whoever is guided by his guidance has been guided by the guidance of all the prophets:

It is no strange thing for God / To gather the world within a single one.

(Divine Affairs and the Difference of States)

By saying that this Pole’s states are his Lord’s states, I mean what the Real said of Himself, that He is ‘every day upon an affair.’ This expresses the difference of states. He belongs to the people who witness the Real in His affairs: they look at the affairs that are His within them, and become clothed in them from Him. Thus they have insight into their states.

One whose state is this is unlike one whose state is assuming the character traits of the divine Names. Rather, each has a distinct tasting. Such a man’s state is unknown, because the Real’s places are hidden; none apprehends them except one whose station is becoming clothed in the affairs.

(Wisdom and Objection)

The proof is that we have agreed that there is no Bringer into existence but God, and that He is Wise, placing affairs in their proper places without taking them beyond their proper locus. Thus everything