A letter from one of the brothers says: My heart has been steeped in sins and shackled; who will unbind it and heal what has become dormant? So answer my question, O so-and-so, and be generous.
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The Shaykh : There are questions. Previously, some of the brothers gave us a question or directed a poem to us, saying:
"My heart has been steeped in sins and shackled *** Who will unbind it and heal it? What?
The student: What has become dormant.
The Shaykh : What has become dormant.
So answer my question, O so-and-so, and be generous.
We answered him with a poem, even though we are not poets, and the reader of the questions will read it. Who is it?
The student: It is me, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Please, read it.
The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. First, the answer to the questioner who asked:The Shaykh :"O young one, rejoice *** In a generous One who does not fail
For a poor one in need *** To a rich One who bestows
Indeed, a heart that is *** stained by sins and bound in chains .
"My heart has been steeped in sins and shackled *** Who will unbind it and heal it? What?
The student: What has become dormant.
The Shaykh : What has become dormant.
So answer my question, O so-and-so, and be generous.
We answered him with a poem, even though we are not poets, and the reader of the questions will read it. Who is it?
The student: It is me, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Please, read it.
The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. First, the answer to the questioner who asked:The Shaykh :"O young one, rejoice *** In a generous One who does not fail
For a poor one in need *** To a rich One who bestows
Indeed, a heart that is *** stained by sins and bound in chains .