The Meaning of the Poet's Saying: "But they came to him with clamors *** and crackles and clatters of a noisy gourd"
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The Shaykh :"But they came to him with clamors *** and crackles and clatters of a noisy gourd"
Yes, very well. We mentioned that the "ja'ajic" (clamors) are what? They are the loud noises intended to scare people away and keep them at a distance from this thing. The "faraiq" (crackles), yes? They are either the cracking of the fingers, or these "faraiq" that the boys make by cracking their knuckles, the ones that cover your ears when the night of the festival arrives. Very well. The "qaqa'ic bishnan" (clatters of a noisy gourd) is clear. The "shannah" is an old, dry water skin. One strikes it with the hand, and it makes a sound.
That is to say, he is saying: These people did not respond to Ibn Karam with anything; rather, he is closer to the truth than they are. Yes. Has the time ended? Yes?
The student : Bishmani
The Shaykh : Bishmani? Bishmani? No, it is "bishnani," the plural of "shannah." Very well. How much have we read? By Allah, we are not going to proceed.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes? I say we are not going to proceed, but what matters to me is that you understand. The most important thing is understanding.
The student : His saying ... by His Self ...
The Shaykh : Yes, or outside His Self. Very well.
Yes, very well. We mentioned that the "ja'ajic" (clamors) are what? They are the loud noises intended to scare people away and keep them at a distance from this thing. The "faraiq" (crackles), yes? They are either the cracking of the fingers, or these "faraiq" that the boys make by cracking their knuckles, the ones that cover your ears when the night of the festival arrives. Very well. The "qaqa'ic bishnan" (clatters of a noisy gourd) is clear. The "shannah" is an old, dry water skin. One strikes it with the hand, and it makes a sound.
That is to say, he is saying: These people did not respond to Ibn Karam with anything; rather, he is closer to the truth than they are. Yes. Has the time ended? Yes?
The student : Bishmani
The Shaykh : Bishmani? Bishmani? No, it is "bishnani," the plural of "shannah." Very well. How much have we read? By Allah, we are not going to proceed.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes? I say we are not going to proceed, but what matters to me is that you understand. The most important thing is understanding.
The student : His saying ... by His Self ...
The Shaykh : Yes, or outside His Self. Very well.