Four Pillars of Spiritual Transformation by Ibn 'Arabi Muhyiddin; Hirtenstein Stephen;

Author:Ibn 'Arabi, Muhyiddin; Hirtenstein, Stephen; [Ibn 'Arabi, Muhyiddin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Anqa Publishing
Published: 2008-11-22T05:00:00+00:00

At Marchena of the Olives in al-Andalus15 we once had a companion, one of the men of sanctity (al-sālihīn), who used to teach the Quran. He was an excellent jurist, who knew the Quran and hadith by heart, a man of piety and merit who served the poor (fuqarā’). His name was ‘Abd al-Majīd b. Salama. He, may God grant him success, once told me of the following incident:

One night I was praying, and I had just finished my prayer (hizb) and had put my head between my knees invoking God when I felt someone’s presence. This person pulled out my prayer-mat from under me and replaced it with a palm-leaf mat. Then he said to me : “Perform your prayers on that!” Now the door to my house was shut and fear of him took hold of me. He said to me: “One who enjoys intimacy with God feels no fear.”16 Then he added: “But fear God in every state.” Then I had an inspiration and asked him: “O my lord, by what means do the Substitutes become Substitutes?”, to which he replied: “By the four things which Abu Tālib [al-Makkī] mentioned in the Qūt [al-Qulūb]: silence, seclusion, hunger and vigilance.” Then he left me, without my having a clue as to how he had come in or how he had gone out, for my door remained closed and the palm-leaf mat was still under me.

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