إِلَهِي كَيْفَ أُعْجَبُ بِنَفْسِي وَ أَنَا ذَلِيلٌ إِنْ...
إِلَهِي كَيْفَ أُعْجَبُ بِنَفْسِي وَ أَنَا ذَلِيلٌ إِنْ لَمْ تُكْرِمْنِي وَ أَنَا مَغْلُوبٌ إِنْ لَمْ تَنْصُرْنِي وَ أَنَا ضَعِيفٌ إِنْ لَمْ تُقَوِّنِي وَ أَنَا مَيِّتٌ إِنْ لَمْ تُحْيِنِي بِذِكْرِكَ وَ لَوْ لَا سَتْرُكَ لَافْتَضَحْتُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ عَصَيْتُكَ My God -azwj ! How can I be fascinated with myself?
And I am disgraced if You -azwj don’t Honour me, and I am overcome if You -azwj don’t Help me, and I am weak if You -azwj don’t Strengthen me, and I am dead if You -azwj don’t Revive me with Your -azwj Zikr, and had it not been for Your ‑azwj veil, I would have been exposed the first time I had disobeyed You -azwj !
إِلَهِي كَيْفَ لَا أَطْلُبُ رِضَاكَ وَ قَدْ أَكْمَلْتَ عَقْلِي حَتَّى عَرَفْتُكَ وَ عَرَفْتُ الْحَقَّ مِنَ الْبَاطِلِ وَ الْأَمْرَ مِنَ النَّهْيِ وَ الْعِلْمَ مِنَ الْجَهْلِ وَ النُّورَ مِنَ الظُّلْمَةِ My God -azwj !
How can I not seek Your -azwj Satisfaction and You -azwj have Perfected my intellect until I recognised You -azwj , and I recognised the truth from the falsehood, and the Commands from the Prohibitions, and the knowledge from the ignorance, and the light from the darkness?’ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ عِزَّتِي وَ جَلَالِي لَا أَحْجُبُ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَكَ فِي وَقْتٍ مِنَ الْأَوْقَاتِ كَذَلِكَ أَفْعَلُ بِأَحِبَّائِي- Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Says: “By My -azwj Mighty and My -azwj Majestic!
I -azwj will not Veil between Me -azwj and you, during any time from the timings. Like that I -azwj Deal with My ‑azwj Loves ones! يَا أَحْمَدُ هَلْ تَدْرِي أَيُّ عَيْشٍ أَهْنَأُ وَ أَيُّ حَيَاةٍ أَبْقَى O Ahmad -saww !
Do you know which life is most welcoming, and which life is more lasting?” قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ لَا He -saww said: ‘O Allah -azwj , no!’ قَالَ أَمَّا الْعَيْشُ الْهَنِيءُ فَهُوَ الَّذِي لَا يَفْتُرُ صَاحِبُهُ عَنْ ذِكْرِي وَ لَا يَنْسَى نِعْمَتِي وَ لَا يَجْهَلُ حَقِّي يَطْلُبُ رِضَايَ فِي لَيْلِهِ وَ نَهَارِهِ He -azwj Said: ‘As for the welcoming life, it is which its owner is not lazy from doing My -azwj Zikr, nor does he forget My -azwj bounties, nor does he ignore My -azwj right.
He seeks My -azwj Satisfaction during his night and his day.
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