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مَكْتَبَةُ كَتِيبَةِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نُصَيْرٍ

The Beginning and the Return - Al-Husayn ibn Harun al-Baghdadi

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And the words of the Almighty: {And if they turn away, then know that Allah only intends to afflict them for some of their sins; and indeed, many of the people are defiantly disobedient} 1 . He says: If they turn away from the Oneness of Allah (Tawhid), they shall only end up in the temples of metamorphosis (Hayakil al-Masukhiyyah) due to some of their sins. What is stored therein for them are [punishments] they shall be penalized with upon the Rising of the Qa'im (Qiyam al-Qa'im). Therein they shall be occupied and shall grieve over the passing of ages and eras due to the frequency of their recurrence (Yukarrarun) in various types of torment.

[38] On the authority of Abu al-Hasan al-Hamdani, from Malalah al-Qummi, from his men, the Master—may His Might be exalted—said: "If a man sits with you and does not broadcast your secret, nor speaks [falsely] regarding your right, then Allah has honored him as a reward for his action and his concealment. And the believer, when he sees a woman of beautiful face, inclines toward her through marriage; then Allah says to His angels: 'Indeed, My servant has seen his lost property (Dallatahu)'2 ."

Footnotes

1Surah Al-Ma'idah - Verse 49.
2The believer, when he sees a woman of beautiful face, inclines toward her through marriage: This sentence either has an esoteric meaning (Ma'nan Batin), where "marriage" refers to acquiring knowledge through recognized spiritual fatherhood (and not taking knowledge from "fornication" or "illegitimacy"), or the original sentence was: "The believer, when he sees a good matter (Amran Hasanan), inclines toward it through promotion/circulation (Rawaj)." In this case, the meaning would be that when a believer finds his "lost property" of knowledge, he desires to spread and promote it, yet he conceals it from those not worthy of it, as Allah commanded. Perhaps a scribal error occurred in the transcription—and Allah knows best—especially since Allah, Majestic be His Majesty, says: "My servant has seen his lost property," and the "lost property" of the believer is Knowledge and Gnosis (Al-'Ilm wal-Ma'rifah).
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