Yazma cildi 33 · Sayfa 4

والخرس والطرش؛ فهو ثابت المحبة من كونها ودا.

(أحوال المحبة الأربعة)

فإن هذه الصفة لها أربعة أحوال لكل حال اسم تعرف به، وهي: الهوى، والود، والحب، والعشق. فأول سقوطه في القلب وحصوله يسمى هوى، من هوى النجم إذا سقط. ثم الود وهو ثباته. ثم الحب وهو صفاؤه وخلاصه من إرادته؛ فهو مع إرادة محبوبه. ثم العشق وهو التفافه بالقلب مأخوذ من العشقة، اللبلابة المشوكة التي تلتف على شجرة العنبة وأمثالها، فهو يلتف بقلب المحب حتى يعميه عن النظر إلى غير محبوبه.

تنبيه

وكيف لا يحب الصانع صنعته، ونحن مصنوعاته بلا شك؟ فإنه خالقنا وخالق أرزاقنا ومصالحنا. أوحى الله إلى بعض أنبيائه: «يا ابن آدم، خلقت الأشياء من أجلك وخلقتك من أجلي^[1]؛ فلا تهتك ما خلقت من أجلي فيما خلقت من أجلك. يا ابن آدم، إنّي وحقي لك محب، فبحقي عليك كن لي محبا».

والصنعة مظهرة علم الصانع لها بالذات واقتداره وجماله وعظمته وكبرياءه. فإن لم يكن فعلى من وفيمن وبمن؟ فلا بد منا ولا بد من حبه فينا؛ فهو بنا ونحن به، كما قال ص

dumbness, and deafness. He is thus steadfast in love insofar as it is affection.

(The Four States of Love)

This attribute has four states, each with a name by which it is known: inclination, hawā; affection, wudd; love, ḥubb; and passionate love, ʿishq. Its first falling into the heart and occurring there is called hawā, from the star’s hawā when it falls. Then comes affection, which is its steadfastness. Then comes love, which is its purity and freedom from his own will: he is with the will of his beloved. Then comes passionate love, which is its entwining about the heart. It is taken from ʿashaqa, the thorny ivy that twines about the grapevine and similar trees. It entwines the lover’s heart until it blinds him to looking upon anyone other than his beloved.

A Reminder

How could the Maker not love His handiwork, when we are unquestionably His handiwork? He is our Creator and the Creator of our provisions and welfare. God revealed to one of His prophets, “Son of Adam, I created things for your sake and created you for My sake^[1]. Do not violate what I created for My sake through what I created for your sake. Son of Adam, by My own right, I love you; so, by My right over you, love Me.”

The handiwork intrinsically manifests its Maker’s knowledge of it, His power, beauty, majesty, and supreme greatness. If it did not exist, then upon whom, within whom, and through whom? We are therefore indispensable, and His love within us is indispensable. He is through us, and we are through Him, as he—God’s blessings and peace be upon him—said