مكتبة كتيبة محمّد بن نصير Muhammad bin Nusayr's Library Bibliothèque de Muhammad bin Nusayr کتابخانه کتیبه محمد بن نصیر

مَكْتَبَةُ كَتِيبَةِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نُصَيْرٍ

Al-Usayfir - Muhammad ibn Shu‘ba al-Harrani

Page
Scroll
Page 128 of 133

“Say, 'If the sea were ink for [writing] the words of my Lord, the sea would be exhausted before the words of my Lord were exhausted, even if We brought the like of it as a supplement.1

And know that "The Words" are the Manifestations (Al-Zuhurat) which are the reality of His existence in His Will, and the gleams of His secrets in those whom He chose for His Light and supported with His Proof.

As He, the Almighty, said:

{Say, 'With Allah is the far-reaching argument. If He had willed, He would have guided you all}.2

And know that the Gate (Al-Bab) has high ranks following a single pattern and mode, in which there is no dispute.

And indeed, the composition of Man from the substances of the Universes has gathered—despite his smallness—what is in the Greater World—despite its largeness. [He is] a mixture of all the Four Humors (Akhlat).3

And He made the parts of his body correspond to what is in the Higher World by His wisdom and power, to indicate the Subtle Artistry and the Hidden Existence. So Blessed is Allah, the Best of Creators.

Footnotes

1Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 109.
2Surah Al-An'am, Verse 149.
3Attributed to the Supreme Prince (Imam Ali), Exalted be His Might:"Do you deem yourself a small body, while within you the Greater World is folded?"Plato (Exalted be his might) said:"Man is a celestial tree; its root is in the heaven and its branches are towards the earth."The Four Humors are those affected by the Universe of Abu Dharr, Abdullah, Uthman, and Qanbar—who are Water, Air, Fire, and Earth.
Page 128 of 133