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 44 · “You know your world better”
See the print: Damascus 1966, p. 95, Damascus 1966, p. 96, Cairo, vol. 1, PDF p. 103, Cairo, vol. 1, PDF p. 104, Cairo, vol. 1, PDF p. 105 (archive.org)
رَوَى مُسْلِمٌ فِي صَحِيحِهِ: «أَنَّهُ- صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- مَرَّ بِقَوْمٍ يُؤَبِّرُونَ النَّخْلَ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «لَوْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا لَصَلَحَتْ» الْحَدِيثَ•
Muslim relates in his Ṣaḥīḥ “that he (God bless him and grant him peace) passed by some people who were pollinating the palms, and he said to them: “If you did not do it, they would turn out well”,” and so on to the end of the ḥadīth.
فَلَيْسَ الْمُرَادُ مِنْ هَذَا: أَنَّهُ- عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ- يُرِيدُ مِنْهُمْ تَرْكَ الْاَسْبَابِ الْعَادِيَّةِ الَّتِي أَجْرَى الْحَقُّ- تَعَالَى- عَادَتَهُ بِهَا فِي مَخْلُوقَاتِهِ، اِذِ الرُّسُلُ- عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ- وَالْعَارِفُونَ اِنَّمَا يَأْمُرُونَ بِرَفْعِ حُكْمِ الْأَسْبَابِ لَا بِرَفْعِ عَيْنِهَا•
What is meant by this is not that he (upon him be peace) wanted them to abandon the customary causes by which the Real (exalted is He) has made His custom run in His creatures. For the messengers (upon them be peace) and the knowers command only the lifting of the rule of the causes, not the lifting of the causes themselves.
بَلْ يَأْمُرُونَ بِاِثْبَاتِ عَيْنِهَـا مِنْ حَيْثُ أَنَّ الْأَسْبَـابَ وَضَعَهَا وَأَثْبَتَهَا الْحَكِيمُ الْعَلِيمُ، بِمَا يُجْرِيهِ وَيُثْبِتُـهُ- سُبْحَانَهُ-
Rather, they command affirming the causes themselves, inasmuch as the causes were laid down and established by the Wise, the Knowing, through what He (glory be to Him) makes run and establishes.
فَمَنْ طَلَبَ رَفْعَ الْعَوَايِدِ الْجَارِيَةِ وَالْأَسْبَابِ الْعَادِيَّةِ؛ فَقَدْ أَسَاءَ الْأَدَبَ وَجَهِلَ•
So whoever seeks the lifting of the running customs and the customary causes has failed in courtesy and is ignorant.
وَكَيْفَ يَدَّعِي الْمَعْرِفَةَ لِلَّهِ وَالْوُصْلَةَ بِهِ وَالصُّحْبَةَ لَهُ مَنْ يَطْلُبُ رَفْـعَ الْعَوَايِدِ وَمَعْرُوفُهُ وَصَاحِبُـهُ الْحَقُّ- تَعَالَى- هُوَ الَّذِي وَضَعَهَا؟!
How can one who seeks the lifting of the customs claim knowledge of God, union with Him and companionship with Him, when the One he knows and his Companion, the Real (exalted is He), is the very one who laid them down?!
وَمِنْ شَـرْطِ الصُّحْبَةِ؟ الْمُوَافَقَةُ•
Among the conditions of companionship is agreement.
فَمَنْ طَلَبَ رَفْعَ ذَلِكَ؟ فَهُوَ مُنَازِعٌ وَلَيْسَ بِمُوَاصِلٍ وَلَا صَاحِبٍ•
So whoever seeks the lifting of that is a contender, not one in union, nor a companion.
بَلْ هُوَ اِلَى الْعِنَادِ أَقْرَبُ•
Rather, he is nearer to obstinacy.
فَالَّذِي يُثْبِتُ الْعَادَاتِ وَالْأَسْبَابَ عَـلَى وَجْهٍ لَايُنَاقِضُ التَّوْحِيدَ؟ هُوَ الْعَارِفُ بِاللَّهِ، لِأَنَّهُ يَشْهَدُ الْحَقَّ- تَعَالَى- فِيهَا• اِذْ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ مِنَ الْاَشْيَاءِ هُوَ تَجَلٍّ مِـنْ تَجَلِّيَاتِهِ- تَعَالَى-
So the one who affirms customs and causes in a way that does not contradict the affirmation of oneness is the knower of God, because he beholds the Real (exalted is He) in them. For every single thing is one of His self-disclosures (exalted is He).
وَاِنَّمَا الْمُرَادُ أَنَّهُ- عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ- أَرَادَ أَنْ يُنَبِّهَهُمْ عَلَى بَاطِنِ الْحَقِيقَةِ، وَنَفْسِ الْأَمْرِ•
What is meant, rather, is that he (upon him be peace) wanted to alert them to the inward of the Reality and to the thing as it is in itself.
وَهُوَ أَنَّ هَذِهِ الْأَسْبَابَ الْعَادِيَّةَ وَالصُّورَةَ الْمَشْهُودَةَ؛ لَا تَأْثِيرَ لَهَا فِي شَيْءٍ مِمَّا جَرَتْ بِهِ الْعَادَةُ• أَنَّهُ يُوجَدُ عِنْدَهَا•
Namely, that these customary causes and the beheld form have no effect on anything of which custom has run that it comes to be in their presence.
وَاِنَّمَا الْحَقُّ ـ تَعَالَى ـ هُوَ الْفَاعِلُ لِذَلِكَ، فَهُوَ الْمُؤَثِّرُ بِوَجْهِهِ الْخَاصِّ الَّذِي لَهُ ـ تَعَالَى ـ فِي كُلِّ مَخْلُوقٍ•
Rather, it is the Real (exalted is He) who does that. He is the one who effects it, through His specific face which He (exalted is He) has in every creature.
لِأَنَّـهُ ـ تَعَالَى ـ لَهُ فِي كُـلِّ مَخْلُوقٍ حَتَّى الـذَّرَّةِ وَجْهٌ خَاصٌّ لَايُشَارِكُهُ غَيْرُهُ فِيهِ، بِهِ يَكُونُ التَّأْثِيرُ•
For He (exalted is He) has in every creature, even the atom, a specific face in which no other shares with Him, and it is through it that effect takes place.
وَاِنَّمَا سَتَرَ ـ تَعَالَى ـ فِعْلَهُ بِصُوَرِ مَخْلُوقَاتِهِ رَحْمَةً بِخَلْقِهِ، وَتَقْدِيساً لِجَنَابِهِ،
And He (exalted is He) has veiled His act with the forms of His creatures only out of mercy towards His creation and to keep His majesty holy,
فَمُرَادُهُ ـ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ ـ بِقَوْلِهِ: لَوْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا لَصَلَحَتْ• أَنْ يَكُونُوا مُشَاهِدِينَ لِلْحَقِّ، الْفَاعِلِ الْحَقِيقِيِّ، عِنْدَ مُلَابَسَةِ الْأَسْبَابِ، مُعْتَمِدِينَ عَلَيْهِ لَا عَلَى الْأَسْبَابِ•
So what he (upon him be peace) meant by his saying “If you did not do it, they would turn out well” is that they should be beholders of the Real, the true Agent, while engaging with the causes, relying on Him and not on the causes.
لَا أَنَّ مُرَادَهُ ـ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ ـ مِنْهُمْ تَرْكُ الْأَسْبَابِ• اِذْ لَابُدَّ مِـنَ الْأَسْبَابِ وُجُوداً ، وَالْغَيْبَةِ عَنْهَا شُهُوداً •
وَقَوْلُهُ ـ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ ـ لَمَّا طَلَعَتِ النَّخْلُ شِيصاً : « اَنْتُمْ اَعْرَفُ بِدُنْيَاكُمْ » كَلَامٌ خَرَجَ مِنْهُ مَخْرَجَ الْاِعْرَاضِ عَنْهُمْ ،
حَيْثُ مَا فَهِمُوا مُرَادَهُ بِقَوْلِهِ : « لَوْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا لَصَلَحَتْ » •
وَحَمَلُوهُ عَلَى تَرْكِ التَّأْبِيرِ ، وَلَيْسَ هُوَ الْمُرَادَ •
وَاِنَّمَا الْمُرَادُ : أَنَّهُ ـ تَعَالَى ـ يَفْعَلُ الْأَشْيَاءَ عِنْدَ الْأَسْبَابِ وَعِنْدَ عَدَمِ الْأَسْبَابِ وَهُوَ التَّوْحِيدُ الْحَقِيقِيُّ ،
وَلَا يُفْهَمُ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ : « اَنْتُمْ اَعْرَفُ بِدُنْيَاكُمْ » • أَنَّهُ ـ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ جَاهِلٌ بِأُمُورِ الدُّنْيَا حَاشَاهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ
فَاِنَّهُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ كَغَيْرِهِ مِنْ سَائِرِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ عَالِمُونَ بِأُمُورِ الدُّنْيَا وَالدِّينِ
وَمَا أَرْسَـلَهُمْ ـ تَعَالَى ـ اِلاَّ لِيُعَلِّمُوا النَّاسَ مَصَالِحَ مَعَاشِهِمْ وَمَعَادِهِمْ وَيُرْشِدُوهُمْ اِلَى مَا جَهِلُوهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ •
فَأَظْهَرَ لَهُمْ ـ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ ـ التَّقْرِيرَ عَلَى عَادَتِهِمْ ، حَيْثُ فَاتَهُمْ فَهْمُ مُرَادِهِ ، وَمَا فَهِمُوا اِلاَّ تَرْكَ السَّبَبِ جُمْلَةً وَاحِدَةً •
وَلَيْسَ هُوَ الْمُرَادَ •
وَقَدْ تَكَلَّمَ اِمَامُ الْعَارِفِينَ مُحْيِي الدِّينِ ، وَصَاحِبُ الْأَبْرِيزِ ، عَلَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ بِغَيْرِ مَا أَلْقَـاهُ ـ تَعَالَى ـ اِلَيَّ •
وَالْكُلُّ صَوَابٌ ، اِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ •
فَاِنَّ الْكُلَّ مِـنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ •
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