Reading and commentary on the poet's introduction: As for what follows: When Allah, Glorious is His praise and Exalted are His names, intends to honor His servant with knowledge of Him and gather his heart upon His love, He expands his chest to accept His exalted attributes and receive them from the wellspring of revelation.
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The reader: "As for what follows: When Allah, Glorious is His praise and Exalted are His names, intends to honor His servant with knowledge of Him and gather his heart upon His love, He expands his chest to accept His exalted attributes and receive them from the wellspring of revelation. When something of them comes to him, he meets it with acceptance and receives it with satisfaction and submission, and he submits to it in obedience. His heart is illuminated by it, his chest expands for it, and it fills him with joy and love. He knows that it is a form of self-introduction from the self-introductions of Allah the Exalted, by which He introduces Himself to him"
The Shaykh : introduces Himself to him
The reader: "introduces Himself to him through the tongue of His Messenger. He places that attribute in his heart in the position of food, at the height of his need for it"
The Shaykh : at the height
The reader: "at the height of his need for it, and in the position of healing, at the height"
The Shaykh : at the height
The reader: "at the height of his need for it. His joy intensifies because of it"
The Shaykh : his joy
The reader: "His joy intensifies because of it, and his wealth is magnified by it"
The Shaykh : his wealth
The reader: "and his wealth is magnified by it, his knowledge is strengthened by it, his soul finds tranquility in it, and his heart finds rest in it. He moves through the fields of knowledge, and the eye of his insight grazes in its meadows and gardens".
The Shaykh : And there is no doubt that when Allah, Mighty and Majestic, intends to honor a servant, Allah expands his chest to accept what Allah has described Himself with in His Book or on the tongue of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). He receives them with submission, joy, and happiness, and his faith in Allah, Mighty and Majestic, increases, as does his exaltation of Him. This is because the more a person’s knowledge of Allah increases through His attributes and His signs, the more his love and exaltation of his Lord increases. This is the opposite of the people of falsehood, and may Allah protect us from them, who, when such attributes come to them, go hither and yonder in denial of the divine attributes and distortion of a text's meaning, until they remain in doubt about what Allah has described Himself with. There is a great difference between these two. The author (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned this introduction as a preface to what he intends to begin with. This is called by the people of rhetoric "the skill of the preface", which is for a person to come with an introduction that points to the subject of the research. Just as there is the skill of the conclusion, where one comes with words that make one feel he is about to conclude. Yes, that is correct.
Since this poem is about the attributes, the author (may Allah have mercy on him) began with this introduction. Yes.
The reader: Listen
The Shaykh : out of his certainty.
The Shaykh : introduces Himself to him
The reader: "introduces Himself to him through the tongue of His Messenger. He places that attribute in his heart in the position of food, at the height of his need for it"
The Shaykh : at the height
The reader: "at the height of his need for it, and in the position of healing, at the height"
The Shaykh : at the height
The reader: "at the height of his need for it. His joy intensifies because of it"
The Shaykh : his joy
The reader: "His joy intensifies because of it, and his wealth is magnified by it"
The Shaykh : his wealth
The reader: "and his wealth is magnified by it, his knowledge is strengthened by it, his soul finds tranquility in it, and his heart finds rest in it. He moves through the fields of knowledge, and the eye of his insight grazes in its meadows and gardens".
The Shaykh : And there is no doubt that when Allah, Mighty and Majestic, intends to honor a servant, Allah expands his chest to accept what Allah has described Himself with in His Book or on the tongue of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). He receives them with submission, joy, and happiness, and his faith in Allah, Mighty and Majestic, increases, as does his exaltation of Him. This is because the more a person’s knowledge of Allah increases through His attributes and His signs, the more his love and exaltation of his Lord increases. This is the opposite of the people of falsehood, and may Allah protect us from them, who, when such attributes come to them, go hither and yonder in denial of the divine attributes and distortion of a text's meaning, until they remain in doubt about what Allah has described Himself with. There is a great difference between these two. The author (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned this introduction as a preface to what he intends to begin with. This is called by the people of rhetoric "the skill of the preface", which is for a person to come with an introduction that points to the subject of the research. Just as there is the skill of the conclusion, where one comes with words that make one feel he is about to conclude. Yes, that is correct.
Since this poem is about the attributes, the author (may Allah have mercy on him) began with this introduction. Yes.
The reader: Listen
The Shaykh : out of his certainty.