✦ A reading path: 15 of the Emir’s 372 mawāqif, “The Emir’s halts: law and light”. Vowels, roots and English: AI; not reviewed by a person; the English was compared with a specialist translation for three of the fifteen only (7, 30, 246; the other twelve have none to check against). How the text was made.

al-Amīr ʿAbd al-Qādir b. Muḥyī al-Dīn al-Jazāʾirī · Kitāb al-Mawāqif fī baʿḍ ishārāt al-Qurʾān ilā al-asrār wa-l-maʿārif

المواقف

The Book of Stations

Mawqif 346 (excerpt) · The lion dream
Excerpt, not the whole mawqif: only the lion dream (Mawqif 346 runs 22 pages, D pp. 1112–1134). It begins with the Bakrī anecdote and ends after the Kaaba dream; the rest is not established or translated here.
See the print: Damascus 1966, p. 1113, Damascus 1966, p. 1114, Damascus 1966, p. 1115, Cairo, vol. 3, PDF p. 75, Cairo, vol. 3, PDF p. 76 (archive.org)
¶ 350
ذَكَرَ الشَّيْخُ مُصْطَفَى الْبَكْرِيُّ- رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ- فِي شَرْحِهِ لِوِرْدِ السَّحَرِ أَنَّهُ كَانَ بِصَالِحِيَّةِ دِمَشْقَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ هَمَّ بِشَرْحِ عَيْنِيَّةِ الْاِمَامِ الْجِيلِيِّ الْمُسَمَّاهِ بِالْبَوَادِرِ الْغَيْبِيَّةِ وَالنَّوَادِرِ الْعَيْنِيَّةِ،
Shaykh Muṣṭafā al-Bakrī, may God be pleased with him, mentioned in his commentary on the Litany of the Pre-Dawn that in the Ṣāliḥiyya of Damascus there was a righteous man who set out to write a commentary on the ʿAyniyya of the imam al-Jīlī, entitled al-Bawādir al-ghaybiyya wa-l-nawādir al-ʿayniyya (“The Unseen Sudden Insights and the Rarities of the Eye”),
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¶ 351
فَرَأَى الشَّيْخَ مُحْيِيَ الدِّينِ- رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ- فِي الْمَنَامِ فَنَهَاهُ عَمَّا هَمَّ بِهِ وَقَالَ لَهُ، لَاتَفْعَلْ فَاِنَّهُ رَمَانِي بِثَلَاثِ حَصَيَاتٍ، فَأَوَّلَهَا بِانْتِقَادِهِ الثَّلَاثَ مَسَائِلَ.
Then he saw Shaykh Muḥyī al-Dīn, may God be pleased with him, in a dream. He forbade him what he had set out to do and said to him: “Do not do it, for he threw three pebbles at me.” And he interpreted them as his criticism of the three questions.
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¶ 352
يَقُولُ الْعَبْدُ الْعَاجِزُ وَالْقَائِلُ شَيْخُنَا الرُّوحَانِيُّ مُحْيِالدِّينِ- رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ- وَالْعَبْدُ مُتَرْجِمٌ عَنْهُ،
The helpless servant says (and the one speaking is our spiritual shaykh Muḥyī al-Dīn, may God be pleased with him, the servant being his translator):
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¶ 353
اِذِ الْقَوْلُ يُنْسَبُ تَارَةً اِلَى قَائِلِهِ كَمَا قَالَ تَعَالَى: «فَأَجِرْهُ حَتَّى يَسْمَعَ كَلَامَ اللَّهِ».
For speech is sometimes attributed to the one who said it, as He, exalted is He, says: “grant him protection so that he may hear the speech of God” (Q 9:6).
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¶ 354
وَمَا سَمِعَهُ الْمُشْرِكُ اِلَّا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ- صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ-
Yet the idolater heard it only from the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace;
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¶ 355
وَتَارَةً يُنْسَبُ اِلَى الْمُتَرْجِمِ كَمَا قَالَ تَعَالَى: «إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ».
and sometimes it is attributed to the translator, as He, exalted is He, says: “it is the speech of a noble messenger” (Q 81:19).
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¶ 356
وَهُوَ جِبْرِيلُ- عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ-
and that is Gabriel, peace be upon him.
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¶ 357
وَاِنِّي بَعْدَمَا كَتَبْتُ بَعْضَ السُّطُورِ مِنْ هَذِهِ الرِّسَالَةِ رَأَيْتُ شَيْخَنَا وَسَيِّدَنَا مُحْيِالدِّينِ فِي الْمَنَامِ فِي صُورَةِ أَسَدٍ،
After I had written some lines of this treatise, I saw our shaykh and master Muḥyī al-Dīn in a dream in the form of a lion;
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¶ 358
الصُّورَةُ صُورَةُ أَسَدٍ وَلَا شَكَّ، أَنَّهُ الشَّيْخُ مُحْيِالدِّينِ- رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ-
the form was the form of a lion, and there was no doubt that he was Shaykh Muḥyī al-Dīn, may God be pleased with him.
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¶ 359
وَفِي يَدِ ذَلِكَ الْأَسَدِ الْيُسْرَى سِلْسِلَةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ كَالسَّلَاسِلِ الَّتِي تُجْعَلُ فِي رِقَابِ الْأُسُودِ تَمْنَعُهَا التَّعَدِّيَ،
In that lion's left hand was a huge chain, like the chains put on the necks of lions to keep them from attacking.
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¶ 360
فَكَلَّمَنِي الْأَسَدُ وَقَالَ لِي: اَدْخِلْ يَدَكَ فِي فَمِي فَخِفْتُ،
The lion spoke to me and said: “Put your hand into my mouth.” I was afraid,
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¶ 361
فَاِنَّ الْعَادَةَ وَالطَّبِيعَةَ قَاضِيَةٌ بِخَوْفِ الْاِنْسَانِ مِنَ الْأَسَدِ
for habit and nature decree that a human being fears a lion.
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¶ 362
فَقَالَ لِي: لَاتَخَفْ، فَأَدْخَلْتُ يَدِي فِي فَمِهِ وَأَخْرَجْتُهَا سَالِمَةً،
He said to me: “Do not be afraid.” So I put my hand into his mouth and drew it out unharmed.
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¶ 363
ثُمَّ تَحَوَّلَ مِنْ صُورَةِ الْأَسَدِ اِلَى صُورَةِ الْاِنْسَانِ وَهِيَ الصُّورَةُ الَّتِي رَأَيْتُهُ- رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ- فِيهَا غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ، اِلَّا أَنَّهُ مُوَلَّهٌ مَجْذُوبٌ يُخَلِّطُ فِي كَلَامِهِ،
Then he changed from the form of the lion into the form of a human being, the form in which I had seen him, may God be pleased with him, more than once, except that he was love-distraught and enraptured, speaking confusedly.
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¶ 364
فَمَاشَيْتُهُ وَأَنَا اَتَكَلَّمُ مَعَهُ،
I walked along with him, talking with him,
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¶ 365
ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ اِلَيَّ وَقَالَ: هَا أَنَا أَرُوحُ وَأَمُوتُ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ وَوَقَعَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ.
then he turned to me and said: “Here I am, I go and die twice or three times,” and he fell to the ground.
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¶ 366
وَانْتَبَهْتُ فَعَبَّرْتُ ظُهُورَهُ فِي صُورَةِ الْأَسَدِ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ اِشَارَةٌ اِلَى مَرْتَبَتِهِ بَيْنَ أَوْلِيَاءِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى مِثْلَ الْأَسَدِ بَيْنَ سَائِرِ الْحَيَوَانَاتِ،
I woke, and I interpreted his appearing in the form of the lion: it pointed to his rank among the friends of God, exalted is He, like the lion among all the other animals.
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¶ 367
وَهُوَ كَذَلِكَ فَاِنَّهُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ كَمَا قِيلَ: نَزَلُوا بِمَكَّةَ فِي قَبَائِلِ نَوْفَلٍ وَنَزَلْتُ فِي الْبَيْدَاءِ أَبْعَدَ مَنْزِلِ
And so he is, for he, may God be pleased with him, is as was said: “They encamped at Mecca among the clans of Nawfal, / and I encamped in the desert, at the remotest of camps.”
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¶ 368
وَأَوَّلْتُ السِّلْسِلَةَ الَّتِي فِي يَسَارِهِ بِالشَّرِيعَةِ ،
¶ 369
وَلَوْلَا الشَّرِيعَةُ لَقَالَ مَا لَمْ يَقُلْهُ أَحَدٌ ، وَفَعَلَ مَا لَمْ يَفْعَلْهُ أَحَدٌ .
¶ 370
وَأَوَّلْتُ أَمْرَهُ بِاِدْخَالِ يَدِي فِي فَمِهِ بِأَنْ يُمَنِّيَ الْكَاتِبَ
¶ 371
لِهَذِهِ الرِّسَالَةِ فَمُهُ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - الْمُلِي عَلَيَّ ، وَالْمُمِدُّ لِي بِمَا أَكْتُبُ ، فَاِنَّ جَمِيعَ مَا حَصَلَ لَنَا مِنَ الْخَيْرِ بَعْدَ الْاِيمَانِ بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ هُوَ بِوَاسِطَتِهِ .
¶ 372
وَأَوَّلْتُ ظُهُورَهُ فِي صُورَةِ الْمُوَلَّهِ الْمَجْذُوبِ بِاخْتِبَاطِ الْوَقْتِ وَمَرَجِهِ وَشِدَّةِ تَغَيُّرِهِ وَخُرُوجِهِ عَنِ الِاعْتِدَالِ ، وَقَوْلَهُ هَا أَنَا أَرُوحُ أَمُوتُ ، قَالَ ذَلِكَ لِشِدَّةِ أَسَفِهِ وَحَسْرَتِهِ عَلَى مَا صَارَ اِلَيْهِ الْاِسْلَامُ وَالْمُسْلِمُونَ فِي مُخَالَفَةِ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ وَنَبِيِّهِمْ وَاِعْرَاضِهِمْ عَنْ دِينِهِمْ.
¶ 373
فَاِنَّ أَكْمَلَ الْخَلْقِ تَسْلِيماً وَرِضَاءً بِقَضَاءِ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ تَعَالَى : « فَلَعَلَّكَ بَاخِعٌ نَفْسَكَ عَلَى آثَارِهِمْ إِنْ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهَـٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَسَفاً » .
¶ 374
وَهَكَذَا وَهُمْ وَرَثَتُهُ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - كَمَا يَقُولُ اَحَدُنَا اِذَا اشْتَدَّ غَيْظُهُ وَغَضَبُهُ : أَنَا مَاشِي أَتَضَرَّرُ، أَنَا مَاشِي أَنْفَلِقُ، أَنَا مَا شِي أَمُوتُ.
¶ 375
وَفِي هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ نَفْسِهَا رَأَيْتُ فِي الْمَنَامِ أَنِّي أَلَمْتُ بِالْكَعْبَةِ وَمَا هِيَ الْكَعْبَةَ الَّتِي اَعْرِفُهَا فَاِنَّ هَذِهِ أَطْوَلُ مُحَدَّدَةُ الرَّأْسِ لَا لِبَاسَ عَلَيْهَا ، فَطُفْتُ غَالِبَ ظَنِّي ثَلَاثَةَ أَشْوَاطٍ .
¶ 376
وَأُقِيمَتْ لِصَلَاةِ الْجَمَاعَةِ فَدَخَلْتُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَانْتَبَهْتُ وَلَا أَذْكُرُ تَعْبِيرَ هَذِهِ .

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