Yazma cildi 31 · Sayfa 46

فأنا القلب والمهيمن قلبي

و هو مني مكان حبل الوريد

لا تحدوه للذي قد سمعتم

إنه جل عن قيود الحدود

من رآني فقد رآه ومن لم

يرني لم يقل بفرض السجود

إنما يفرض السجود على من

قال في الحق إنه من وجودي

يريد قوله ص: «من عرف نفسه عرف ربه».

(خبر محمد المراكشي في الصبر)

رأيت محمد المراكشي بمراكش وكان يكاثرني ليلا ونهارا وكان هٰذا هجيره دائما، فما رأيته ضاق صدره من شيء قط، وكانت الشدائد تمر عليه فلا يتلقاها إلا بالفرح والضحك، فتنفرج عنه في نظرنا، وهو ينتقل من فرح إلى فرح ومن سرور إلى سرور.

فكنت أقول له: «هل تصبر على حلول هذه النوازل المكروهة طبعا؟» فيقول: «لا؛ صبرت أوّلا، فأنتج لي ذٰلك الصبر على الحكم الإلهي مشاهدة العين، فشغلتني عن كل حكم؛ فما

I am the heart, and the Guardian is my heart,

As near to me as the jugular vein.

Do not limit Him through what you have heard:

He is exalted beyond the fetters of limits.

Whoever sees me has seen Him; whoever does not

See me does not affirm the obligation of prostration.

Prostration is imposed only upon one

Who says concerning the Real, “He is from my existence.”

He means his saying, God’s blessings and peace be upon him, “Whoever knows himself knows his Lord.”

(An Account of Muḥammad al-Marrākushī concerning Patience)

I saw Muḥammad al-Marrākushī in Marrakesh. He would vie with me by night and day, and this was always his constant invocation. I never saw him distressed by anything. Hardships passed over him, and he received them only with joy and laughter. They would lift from him in our sight, while he passed from joy to joy and delight to delight.

I would say to him, “Do you bear patiently the descent of these calamities that nature dislikes?” He would say, “No. I was patient at first, and that patience before the divine ruling produced for me the witnessing of the Entity. It occupied me apart from every ruling, so I