Abu Fauzi
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Assalam alaykum,
In a gathering of older Sufis of Makkah, Abul-Qasim al-Junaid Ibn Muhammad Ibn Junaid al-khazzaz, may Allah be Merciful to him, was asked to describe Love. Tears came up in his eyes when he started saying:--
"The Lover is a servant [of God Almighty] who departs from himself;
who remembers Him constantly; who is busy in discharging his duties
towards Him; who sees Him by heart; whose heart is set ablaze by the
light of His Essence (Huwiyyah); who drinks a pure draught from the
cup of His Love; to whom the Transcendent (al-Jabbar) reveals Himself
from under the veils of transcendence (ghaybah). If he speaks, it is by
God (that he speaks); if he discourses, it is God (that he discourses); if
he moves it is at God's Command; and if he is silent, it is with God."
Hearing these words the Sheikhs burst out into tears and said:- "May God comfort you, O the crown of Gnostics."
For further reading on this,
see Al-Qushayri's "RISALA", Pg. 623.
In a gathering of older Sufis of Makkah, Abul-Qasim al-Junaid Ibn Muhammad Ibn Junaid al-khazzaz, may Allah be Merciful to him, was asked to describe Love. Tears came up in his eyes when he started saying:--
"The Lover is a servant [of God Almighty] who departs from himself;
who remembers Him constantly; who is busy in discharging his duties
towards Him; who sees Him by heart; whose heart is set ablaze by the
light of His Essence (Huwiyyah); who drinks a pure draught from the
cup of His Love; to whom the Transcendent (al-Jabbar) reveals Himself
from under the veils of transcendence (ghaybah). If he speaks, it is by
God (that he speaks); if he discourses, it is God (that he discourses); if
he moves it is at God's Command; and if he is silent, it is with God."
Hearing these words the Sheikhs burst out into tears and said:- "May God comfort you, O the crown of Gnostics."
For further reading on this,
see Al-Qushayri's "RISALA", Pg. 623.