(The meaning of the poet's statement: "By Your right," which is worship, and this is seeking nearness to Allah through the actions of the servants, and the answer to this issue) O Lord, so provide it with a livelihood by Your right
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The Shaykh : Then he said: "O Lord, so provide it with a livelihood" Provide what?
The student: The merchandise.
The Shaykh : It appears that he means the poem.
"O Lord, so provide it with a livelihood as a merchant *** who has traveled through the horizons and lands"
Here, "by Your right" is seeking nearness to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) by His right. What is His right? His right is that we worship Him. His right is that we worship Him. And worship is from the actions of the servants. Seeking nearness to Allah by the actions of the servants is not prescribed, because the actions of the servants do not benefit the servants. It does not benefit except from the One who did it. But it is said:
"O Lord, so provide it with a livelihood by Your right" meaning what You have obligated upon Yourself, which is what He (Glorified and Exalted is He) said:[Ghafir 40:60] So the right that Allah obligated upon Himself is answering the supplication. Thus, the author is calling upon Allah and asking Him by His right (Mighty and Majestic), which is answering the caller, to provide it with a livelihood.
"As a merchant *** who has traveled through the horizons and lands"
But he is an experienced merchant.
"Not every yellow thing he sees *** is gold"
Because he knows gold from other things.
"*** Gold, which he sees as pure in the estimation of the discerning"
"Likewise, glass and the diver's pearl *** in his distinction"
Which is better, the glass made from pottery or the diver's pearl?
The student: The second.
The Shaykh : The second one distinguishes between the glass and the pearl.
"They are not two like things"
"They are not" This is an extra word. The intended meaning is "they are not two like things." Ibn Malik says:
"I'mal is not I'milatu ma *** without in"
Here, does it operate or not?
The student: No.
The Shaykh : It does not operate. Why? Because it contains "in."
"*** They are not two like things"
So it is like the saying of the poet:
"O Banu Ghadana, you are not gold, nor are you silver, but you are pottery"
I think the remainder is less than what is upon us. Do we complete it or not? Do we complete it?
The student: ...long
The Shaykh : Yes, long. Okay, yes.
The student: The merchandise.
The Shaykh : It appears that he means the poem.
"O Lord, so provide it with a livelihood as a merchant *** who has traveled through the horizons and lands"
Here, "by Your right" is seeking nearness to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) by His right. What is His right? His right is that we worship Him. His right is that we worship Him. And worship is from the actions of the servants. Seeking nearness to Allah by the actions of the servants is not prescribed, because the actions of the servants do not benefit the servants. It does not benefit except from the One who did it. But it is said:
"O Lord, so provide it with a livelihood by Your right" meaning what You have obligated upon Yourself, which is what He (Glorified and Exalted is He) said:
And your Lord says, "Call upon Me; I will respond to you."
وقال ربكم ادعوني أستجب لكم"As a merchant *** who has traveled through the horizons and lands"
But he is an experienced merchant.
"Not every yellow thing he sees *** is gold"
Because he knows gold from other things.
"*** Gold, which he sees as pure in the estimation of the discerning"
"Likewise, glass and the diver's pearl *** in his distinction"
Which is better, the glass made from pottery or the diver's pearl?
The student: The second.
The Shaykh : The second one distinguishes between the glass and the pearl.
"They are not two like things"
"They are not" This is an extra word. The intended meaning is "they are not two like things." Ibn Malik says:
"I'mal is not I'milatu ma *** without in"
Here, does it operate or not?
The student: No.
The Shaykh : It does not operate. Why? Because it contains "in."
"*** They are not two like things"
So it is like the saying of the poet:
"O Banu Ghadana, you are not gold, nor are you silver, but you are pottery"
I think the remainder is less than what is upon us. Do we complete it or not? Do we complete it?
The student: ...long
The Shaykh : Yes, long. Okay, yes.