THE
WISDOM
OF
MOSES
As the Prophet
establishes God’s decrees,
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he repudiates
Caesar’s law.
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In his eyes the
royal palace is like an old idol-temple;
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his sense of
honour makes him disobey the order of the other-than-God.
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The imperfect
become perfect through association with him.
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He gives a new
tumult to the age.
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His message is
that Allah is sufficient and all else is meaningless,
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so that the man of
truth does not fall into anybody’s snare.
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His moisture
imparts fire to the vine’s twig
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and his breath
gives life to this handful of earth.
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He is the meaning
of Gabriel and the Qur’an,
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and he is the
custodian of God’s Law.
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His wisdom is
superior to artful Reason,
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his spirit gives
birth to a people (Ummah)
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He is a ruler
disinterested in throne and crown:
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sans crown, sans
army, sans tribute.
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His look
transforms autumn into spring,
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and through him
the dregs of every pitcher
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become stronger
than the wine.
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In his morning
lamentation lies life,
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and the universe
is renewed by the morning of his manifestation.
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The sea and the
earth are devastated by the intensity of his deluge,
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and in his eyes
there is a message of revolution.
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He teaches the
lesson of “they have no fear”5
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he puts a heart
into the breast of man.
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He teaches man
determination, submission (to the
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will of God) and
willing acquiescence;
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and makes him
radiant in the world like a lamp.
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I do not know what
magic he practises,
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but he totally
transforms the soul in the body.
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In his society a
piece of clay becomes a pearl;
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and his wisdom
gives abundance to the deficient.
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He says to the
downtrodden slave:
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Arise and break
into pieces every ancient deity.
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O man of God,
break the spell of this old world
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with these words:
God is the highest of all.
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If you wish to
gain Faqr, don’t complain of poverty;
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well-being depends
on one’s attitude and not on rank and wealth.
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Truthfulness,
sincerity, submissiveness, ardour and sympathy
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these are needed
and not gold or silver, nor red and yellow coins.
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O living man,
avoid these kings and nobles,6
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walk around your
own self and not around the palaces.
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Thou hast fallen
away from thy true station,
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thou art born of a
falcon, do not follow the ways of vultures.
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A bird in a garden
grove builds his nest to his own liking.
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Thou who hast a
heaven-traversing imagination
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should not think
thyself inferior to a bird. Rebuild these nine heavens7
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and refashion this
world according to thy own desire.
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When he gets
annihilated in God’s will,
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the man of faith
becomes God’ decree.
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The four
dimensions along with the blue heavens
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are born out of
his pure bosom.8
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Annihilate thyself
in the will of God like thy forefathers;
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bring out thy
pearl out of the oyster.9
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In the darkness of
this world of stone and bricks,
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illumine thy eyes
with the light of thy nature.10
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Unless thou takest
thy share of the majesty11 of God,
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thou canst not
enjoy Divine Beauty.
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The beginning of
love and ecstasy is majesty (qahiri);
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the end of love
and ecstasy is beauty (Dilbari).12
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The man of faith
is a symbol of perfect existence :13
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he alone is real;
all else is mere appearance.
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If he gains ardour
and zeal from “There is no deity (but God),”
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the Sun and Moon will revolve only at his bidding.
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