The meaning of the poet's saying: "Do not let their armies crush you, as the flood crushes what it encounters of worms"
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The Shaykh :"Do not let their armies crush you, as the flood crushes what it encounters of worms"
This is a simile of the utmost precision. The armies of faith possess life, and the flood possesses life, while the worms possess... rot and corruption. So, by this, he compared the armies of faith to what? To the flood, and these [enemies] to the worms. It is well known that when a flood passes over worms, it crushes them.
"Do not let their armies crush you, as the flood crushes what it encounters of worms
and likewise we demand of you"
The student: ...
Read it, O Sulayman, until the dispute is resolved.
This is a simile of the utmost precision. The armies of faith possess life, and the flood possesses life, while the worms possess... rot and corruption. So, by this, he compared the armies of faith to what? To the flood, and these [enemies] to the worms. It is well known that when a flood passes over worms, it crushes them.
"Do not let their armies crush you, as the flood crushes what it encounters of worms
and likewise we demand of you"
The student: ...
Read it, O Sulayman, until the dispute is resolved.