Yazma cildi 33 · Sayfa 5

في ثنائه على ربه: «فإنما نحن به وله». و هذه حضرة العطف والديمومة.

فلو لا الحب ما عرف الوداد

و لو لا الفقر ما عبد الجواد

فنحن به ونحن له جميعا

فمن ودي عليه الاعتماد

إذا شاء الإله وجود عين

بها قد شاءها فمضى العناد

فكنا عند كن من غير بطء

و نعت الكون ذاك المستفاد

فعين الحب عين الكون منه

و عينه وأظهره الوداد

فلم يزل يحب فلم يزل ودودا؛ فهو يوجد دائما في حقنا؛ فهو كل يوم في الشأن ولا معنى للوداد إلا هٰذا؛ فنحن بلسان الحال والمقال لا نزال نقول له: «افعل كذا، افعل كذا» ولا يزال هو تعالى يفعل ومن فعله فينا نقول له: «افعل».

(الوداد وثبات العطاء)

أ ترى هٰذا فعل مكره؟ ولا مكره له تعالى الله عن ذٰلك علوا كبيرا.

in praising his Lord, “We are only through Him and for Him.” This is the Presence of Tenderness and Permanence.

But for love, loving affection would not be known;

but for poverty, the Munificent would not be worshipped.

We are through Him, and all of us are for Him;

through my affection, reliance is upon Him.

When God wills an entity’s existence,

He has willed it through that entity, and resistance passes away.

We came to be at “Be,” without delay;

the attribute of being is what is gained.

The very entity of love is the very entity of being from Him;

affection determined it and made it manifest.

He has never ceased loving and has therefore never ceased being Loving. He is thus always bringing into existence for us. Every day He is upon an affair, and loving affection means nothing but this. Through the tongues of state and speech we never cease saying to Him, “Do this, do this,” while He, Most High, never ceases acting. Through His action within us, we say to Him, “Act.”

(Loving Affection and Steadfast Giving)

Do you consider this the act of one compelled? He has no compeller: exalted be God far above that.