Yazma cildi 31 · Sayfa 262

أهل زمانه يعرفونه بالاسم والعين ولا يعرفون رتبته؛ فإن الولاية أخفاها الله في خلقه، وربما لا يكون عندهم في نفوسهم ذٰلك القطب بتلك المنزلة التي هو عليها في نفس الأمر.

فإذا سمعوا في كتابي هٰذا بذكره، أداهم إلى الوقوع فيه، فينزع الله نور الايمان من قلوبهم كما قال رويم، وأكون أنا السبب في مقت الله إياهم، فتركت ذٰلك شفقة مني على أمة محمد ص.

(حدود ما يلزم إظهاره)

وما أنا في قلوب الناس ولا في نفس الأمر ولا عند نفسي بمنزلة الرسول، يجب الايمان بي عليهم وبما جئت به، ولا كلفني الله إظهار مثل هٰذا فأكون عاصيا بتركه، ولا هذه المسألة بمنزلة قوله تعالى: ﴿وقُلِ الْحَقُّ من رَبِّكُمْ فَمَنْ شاءَ فَلْيُؤْمِنْ ومن شاءَ فَلْيَكْفُرْ﴾ [الكهف: ٢٩]. وبسط الرحمة على الكافة أولى من اختصاصها في حقنا.

(صنيع القشيري في رسالته)

وقد فعل مثل هٰذا القشيري في رسالته، حيث ذكر أولئك الرجال في أول الرسالة، وما ذكر فيهم الحلاج للخلاف الذي وقع فيه، حتى لا تتطرق التهمة لمن وقع ذكره من الرجال في رسالته.

ثم إنه ساق عقيدته في التوحيد في صدر الرسالة، ليزيل بذٰلك ما في نفس بعض الناس منه من سوء الطوية، ﴿والله يَقُولُ الْحَقَّ وهُوَ يَهْدِي السَّبِيلَ﴾ [الأحزاب: ٤].

of his time may know his name and person without knowing his rank. God has hidden sainthood within His creation. In their own estimation that Pole may not occupy the standing he possesses in the affair itself.

When they hear him mentioned in this book of mine, it may lead them to disparage him, and God will remove the light of faith from their hearts, as Ruwaym said. I would be the cause of God's abhorring them. I therefore left this out through my compassion for Muhammad's community, God's blessings and peace be upon him.

(The Limits of What Must Be Made Manifest)

Neither in people's hearts, nor in the affair itself, nor in my own eyes do I occupy the Messenger's standing, so that belief in me and what I have brought would be obligatory for them. Nor did God charge me to disclose such a thing, so that I would be disobedient by leaving it out. Nor does this question stand as His saying, exalted is He, ﴿Say: The truth is from your Lord; whoever wills, let him believe, and whoever wills, let him disbelieve﴾ [al-Kahf 18:29]. Extending mercy to all is more appropriate in our regard than restricting it.

(Al-Qushayrī's Procedure in His Treatise)

Al-Qushayrī did something like this in his Treatise. He mentioned those men at the beginning of the Treatise, but did not mention al-Ḥallāj among them because of the disagreement concerning him, so that suspicion would not find its way to the men mentioned in his Treatise.

Then he set out his creed concerning oneness at the beginning of the Treatise, to remove the ill feeling concerning him harbored by some people. ﴿God speaks the truth, and He guides the way﴾ [al-Aḥzāb 33:4].