The Book of Stations

1. Mawqif 276 · “People of the House” and people of hearts

   In brief✦AI

   Starting from Q 33:33, “God only wishes to remove defilement from you, people of the House”, the Emir reads the purification as their sins occurring already forgiven, with no protection from sin and no permission for it; he compares the people of Badr. If this holds for the Prophet's House, the divine House, the people of hearts that contain the Real, merit more. Whoever belongs to both is doubly honoured, and the Lawgiver weighs inward kinship of the heart above bodily kinship, as with Salmān.

   See the print: Damascus 1966, p. 824, Damascus 1966, p. 825, Damascus 1966, p. 826 (archive.org)

   قَالَ تَعَالَى: «إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْـلَ الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيراً».

   He, exalted is He, said: “God only wishes to remove defilement from you, people of the House, and to purify you thoroughly” (Q 33:33).✦

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2. تَأَمَّلْ هَذِهِ الْعِنَايَةَ الْكُبْرَى، وَالْمَنْقَبَةَ الْعُظْمَى، وَالْمَنْزِلَةَ الزُّلْفَى، لِأَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ النَّبَوِيِّ.

   Consider this greatest solicitude, this most sublime distinction and this rank of nearness, for the people of the Prophet's House.✦

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3. وَلَفْظَةُ «أَهْلٍ» تَعُمُّهُمْ مِنْ أَوَّلِهِمْ اِلَى آخِرِ مَوْلُودٍ مِنْهُمْ،

   The word “people” (ahl) includes them all, from the first of them to the last one born of them;✦

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4. حَصَرَ تَعَالَى اِرَادَتَهُ فِيهِمْ بِأَنَّهَا لِاِذْهَابِ الرِّجْسِ عَنْهُمْ، وَتَطْهِيرِهِمْ مِنَ الرِّجْسِ، وَهُوَ الذَّنْبُ، تَطْهِيراً كَامِلاً مُؤَكَّداً بِالْمَصْدَرِ،

   He, exalted, restricted His will concerning them to its being for removing defilement from them and purifying them from defilement, which is sin, with a complete purification, emphasised by the verbal noun.✦

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5. وَذَلِكَ بِأَنْ يَكُونَ كُلُّ مَا يَصْدُرُ مِنْهُمْ مِنَ الْمَعَاصِي وَالْمُخَالَفَاتِ؛ مَغْفُوراً لَهُمْ، بَلِ الْمَغْفِرَةُ مُتَقَدِّمَةٌ،

   That is, by everything that issues from them of acts of disobedience and contraventions being forgiven them; rather, the forgiveness comes beforehand,✦

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6. لَا بِأَنَّهُمْ مَعْصُومُونَ مِنَ الْمُخَالَفَاتِ، وَلَا أَنَّهُ تَعَالَى أَبَاحَ لَهُمْ مَا حَرَّمَهُ عَلَى غَيْرِهِمْ مِنَ الْأُمَّـةِ، كَلاَّ وَحَاشَا،

   not by their being protected from contraventions, nor that He, exalted, permitted them what He forbade to the rest of the community. Not at all, far from it!✦

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7. بَلْ بِمَعْنَى أَنَّ ذُنُوبَهُمْ تَقَعُ مَغْفُورَةً لَهُمْ عِنَايَةً اِلَهِيَّةً،

   but in the sense that their sins occur already forgiven them, as a divine solicitude.✦

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8. هَذَا اللِّسَانُ فِيهِ مُرَاعَاةُ عُلَمَاءِ أَهْلِ الظَّاهِرِ، وَهُوَ حَقٌّ،

   This manner of speaking shows regard for the scholars of the people of the outward, and it is true;✦

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9. وَاللِّسَــانُ اللَّاحِقُ؛ أَنَّهُ تَـعَالَى اسْتَثْنَاهُمْ مِنَ الْعُمُومِ،

   and the further manner of speaking is that He, exalted, exempted them from the general rule.✦

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10. فَفِي صَحِيحِ الْبُخَارِيِّ فِي أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ: «اعْمَلُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ فَقَدْ وَجَبَتْ لَكُمُ الْجَنَّةُ».

    For in al-Bukhārī's Ṣaḥīḥ, concerning the people of Badr: “Do what you will, for the Garden has become due to you.”✦

    ¶ 3639

11. وَاِنَّ اللَّهَ لَايَأْمُرُ بِالْفَحْشَاءِ،

    And God “does not command indecency” (Q 7:28),✦

    ¶ 3640

12. وَلَيْسَ الْفَحْشَاءُ اِلَّا مَا نَهَى اللَّهُ عَنْهُ،

    and indecency is nothing but what God has forbidden.✦

    ¶ 3641

13. فَمَا كَانَ فِي الْعُمُومِ فَاحِشاً؛ فَلَيْسَ فَاحِشَةً فِي حَقِّ هَؤُلَاءِ، وَاِنْ كُنَّا نُقِيمُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْحُدُودَ الشَّرْعِيَّةَ وَالتَّعْذِيرَاتِ فِي الظَّاهِرِ.

    So what is indecent in the general case is not an indecency in the case of these, even though we apply to them the legal ḥadd penalties and discretionary punishments outwardly.✦

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14. وَاِذَا كَانَتْ عِنَايَتُهُ تَعَالَى بِأَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ النَّبَوِيِّ كَمَا أَخْبَرَ؛ فَمَا ظَنُّكَ بِعِنَايَتِهِ تَعَالَى بِأَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ الْاِلَهِيِّ؟!

    And if His solicitude, exalted, for the people of the Prophet's House is as He has told, then what do you suppose of His solicitude, exalted, for the people of the divine House?!✦

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15. وَهُمُ الْمَعْنِيُّونَ بِأَهْلِ الْقُلُوبِ؟!

    They are the ones meant by “the people of hearts”!✦

    ¶ 3644

16. وَقَدْ وَرَدَ فِي الْخَبَرِ النَّبَوِيِّ: «الْقُلُوبُ بَيْتُ الرَّبِّ».

    It has come in the prophetic report: “Hearts are the house of the Lord.”✦

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17. فَأَهْلُ الْبَيْتِ الْاِلَهِيِّ هُمْ أَهْلُ الْقُلُوبِ الْمُشَارِ اِلَيْهِمْ بِقَوْلِهِ: «إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَذِكْرَىٰ لِمَنْ كَانَ لَهُ قَلْبٌ».

    So the people of the divine House are the people of hearts alluded to in His words: “Surely in that is a reminder for whoever has a heart” (Q 50:37).✦

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18. الْمَعْنِيُّونَ بِقَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى فِي الْحَدِيثِ الْقُدْسِيِّ: «مَا وَسِعَتْنِي اَرْضِي وَلَا سَمَائِي، وَوَسِعَنِي قَلْبُ عَبْدِي الْمُؤْمِنِ».

    They are those meant by His words, exalted, in the sacred ḥadīth: “My earth did not contain Me, nor My heaven, and the heart of My believing servant contained Me.”✦

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19. وَلَيْسَ كُلُّ قَلْبٍ يَسَعُ الْحَقَّ، وَاِنَّمَا يَسَعُهُ قَلْبُ الْعَارِفِ بِهِ تَعَالَى،

    Not every heart contains the Real; only the heart of the knower of Him, exalted, contains Him.✦

    ¶ 3648

20. وَمَنْ عَرَفَهُ تَعَالَى عَرَفَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ، فَاِنَّهُ تَعَالَى حَقِيقَةُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ.

    Whoever knows Him, exalted, knows everything, for He, exalted, is the reality of every thing.✦

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21. وَمَنْ عَرَفَ حَقِيقَةَ شَيْءٍ؛ عَرَفَ مَا انْفَصَلَ مِنْهُ،

    And whoever knows the reality of a thing knows what has separated from it.✦

    ¶ 3650

22. وَمَا حَصَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْعِنَايَةُ الْعُظْمَى لِأَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ النَّبَوِيِّ اِلَّا

    And this supreme solicitude did not come to the people of the Prophet's House except …✦

    ¶ 3651

23. لِقُرْبِهِمْ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ- صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- وَعَلَى آلِهِالْقَرِيبِ مِنَ اللَّهِـ تَعَالَى-، فَالْأَقْرَبُونَ اِلَى اللَّهِ- تَعَالَى-؟ أَوْلَى بِهَذِهِ الْعِنَايَةِ.

    …because of their nearness to the Messenger of God (God bless him and grant him peace, and his family), who is near to God (exalted is He); so those who are nearer to God (exalted is He) are more entitled to this care.✦

    ¶ 3652

24. فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْأَهْلِالْبَيْتِ النَّبَوِيِّ وَالْاِلَهِيِّ ؛ فَبَخٍ بَخٍ وَكَرَامَةٌ عَلَى كَرَامَةٍ وَنُورٌ عَلَى نُورٍ .
    ¶ 3653

25. وَهَؤُلَاءِ خُصَّصُ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ النَّبَوِيِّ الْمُرَادُونَ بِقَوْلِهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَعَلَى آلِهِ - : « اِنِّي تَارِكٌ فِيكُمْ مَا اِنْ تَمَسَّكْتُمْ بِهِ لَنْ تَضِلُّوا بَعْدِي اَحَدُهُمَا اَعْظَمُ مِنَ الْآخَرِ ، كِتَابُ اللَّهِ حَبْلٌ مَمْدُودٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ اِلَى الْأَرْضِ ، وَعِتْرَتِي اَهْلُ بَيْتِي ، اِنَّ اللَّطِيفَ الْخَبِيرَ اَخْبَرَنِي : اَنَّهُمَا لَنْ يَفْتَرِقَا حَتَّى يَرِدَا عَلَى الْحَوْضِ ، فَانْظُرُوا كَيْفَ تَخْلُفُونِي فِيهِمَا » .
    ¶ 3654

26. وَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ النَّبَوِيِّ فَقَطْ ؛ فَهُوَ دُونَ مَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ الْاِلَهِيِّ ، اِذْ كُلُّ مَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ الْاِلَهِيِّ فَهُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ النَّبَوِيِّ حُكْماً نَبَوِيّاً بِاسْتِلْحَاقِهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَلَا يَنْعَكِسُ .
    ¶ 3655

27. وَوَرَدَ فِي الصَّحِيحِ : « سَلْمَانُ مِنَّا اَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ » .
    ¶ 3656

28. وَمَا اسْتَلْحَقَهُ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - اِلَاّ لِكَوْنِهِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ الْاِلَهِيِّ ، أَهْلِ الْقُلُوبِ الَّتِي هِيَ بُيُوتُ الرَّبِّ تَعَالَى ،
    ¶ 3657

29. وَهُوَ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - أَبُو الْقُلُوبِ ، يَسْتَحِقُّ كُلَّ مَنْ كَانَ لَـهُ قَلْبٌ ، اِذْ لَايَسْتَحِقُّ اِلَّا أَبٌ ،
    ¶ 3658

30. وَاعْتِبَارُ الشَّارِعِ لِلْقَرَابَةِ الْقَلْبِيَّةِ الْبَاطِنَةِ آكَدُ مِنِ اعْتِبَارِهِ لِلْقَرَابَةِ الْجِسْمِيَّةِ الظَّاهِرَةِ .
    ¶ 3659

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