Do the directions include north, south, west, and east?
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The student: Do the directions include north, south, east, and west?
The Shaykh : No, they do not include north, south, left, right, front, and back; these are the directions.
The student: If we say the wind blew from the north, does that fall under the directions?
The Shaykh : Perhaps... regarding the north of the horizon, for example, the north of the horizon and the west of the horizon. However, what is known among them regarding directions is relative to the person, relative to the person. And these directions relative to the person: my north might be your right, and vice versa, is that not so? And my right might be your right if my face is turned this way and your face is turned that way. If my face is turned this way and your face is turned that way, my right becomes your right. But if their faces are aligned, my right becomes your north, or not?
The student: You reversed it.
The Shaykh : No, no, I did not reverse it, I did not reverse it. All right, wait. If the faces face each other, the directions differ.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : If the faces face each other, what does that mean? If they face each other, they become one direction.
The student: Yes... .
The Shaykh : If they face each other, it means I am facing north and you are facing south. The direction differs; my right is your left. And if our faces are aligned, yes, they align. But what about what is between us? What is not my right is your left. What is between us: what is not my right is your left. All right, if we all face south, what is between us: my right is your left, or not?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : All right, what is between us is not what is outside of us all. What is outside of us all: my right is your right. What is outside, for example, if someone is behind Hajjaj and Hajjaj is sitting on the wall like this, then the person behind him is to the right of all of us. But what is between me and him is my right and his left. As for north and south relative to the horizon, they are one. North is what is to the right of one facing the sun at its setting, and south is what is to the right of one facing the sun at its rising, and east and west are well known.
The Shaykh : No, they do not include north, south, left, right, front, and back; these are the directions.
The student: If we say the wind blew from the north, does that fall under the directions?
The Shaykh : Perhaps... regarding the north of the horizon, for example, the north of the horizon and the west of the horizon. However, what is known among them regarding directions is relative to the person, relative to the person. And these directions relative to the person: my north might be your right, and vice versa, is that not so? And my right might be your right if my face is turned this way and your face is turned that way. If my face is turned this way and your face is turned that way, my right becomes your right. But if their faces are aligned, my right becomes your north, or not?
The student: You reversed it.
The Shaykh : No, no, I did not reverse it, I did not reverse it. All right, wait. If the faces face each other, the directions differ.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : If the faces face each other, what does that mean? If they face each other, they become one direction.
The student: Yes... .
The Shaykh : If they face each other, it means I am facing north and you are facing south. The direction differs; my right is your left. And if our faces are aligned, yes, they align. But what about what is between us? What is not my right is your left. What is between us: what is not my right is your left. All right, if we all face south, what is between us: my right is your left, or not?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : All right, what is between us is not what is outside of us all. What is outside of us all: my right is your right. What is outside, for example, if someone is behind Hajjaj and Hajjaj is sitting on the wall like this, then the person behind him is to the right of all of us. But what is between me and him is my right and his left. As for north and south relative to the horizon, they are one. North is what is to the right of one facing the sun at its setting, and south is what is to the right of one facing the sun at its rising, and east and west are well known.