Story of the Farther Mosque and the carob and how, before (the reign of) Solomon, on whom be peace, David, on whom be peace, resolved on building that Mosque.
When David's
resolve that he
would build the Farther
Mosque with stone
came to sore
straits, God
made a Revelation to him, saying, “Proclaim the abandonment of
this (enterprise), for
(the building of) this
place will not be achieved
by your hand.
390. It is not in Our fore-ordainment that you shouldst raise this Farther Mosque, O chosen one.”
He said, “O Knower of the
secret, what is my
crime, that You
forbiddest me to construct the
Mosque?”
He (God) said, “Without
(committing) a
crime, you have wrought much bloodshed: you have taken upon your neck (art
responsible for)
the blood of (many) persons who have suffered injustice;
For from (hearing) your voice a countless multitude gave up the ghost
and fell a prey to
it
(thy
voice).
Much blood has gone to the score of (is chargeable to)
your voice, to your
beautiful soul-ravishing song.”
395. He (David)
said, “I was overpowered by
Thee, drunken with Thee: my
hand (power) was
tied up by Thy hand.
Was not
every one
that was overpowered
by the King the object of
(His) mercy? Was
not he
(excused on the ground that) ‘The
overpowered is like the non-existent’?”
He (God) said, “This overpowered man is that non-existent
one who is only
relatively non- existent. Have
sure faith!
Such a non-existent one
who has gone from
himself (become
selfless) is the best of
beings, and the great (one among them).
He has passed
away (faná) in relation to (the passing away of his attributes in) the Divine attributes, (but) in passing away
(from selfhood) he really has the life everlasting (baqá).
400. All spirits are
under his governance; all bodies too are in his control.
He that is overpowered (overwhelmed) in Our
grace is not compelled;
nay, he is one who
freely chooses devotion (to Us).”
In sooth the end of free-will is that his
free-will should be lost here.
The free agent
would feel no savour
(spiritual delight) if at last he did
not become
entirely purged of egoism.
If there is delicious food and
drink in
the
world, (yet) his
pleasure (in them) is (only) a branch of
(derived from) the extinction
of (worldly) pleasure.
405. Although he
was
unaffected by (worldly) pleasures, (yet)
he was a man of (spiritual)
pleasure and became the recipient of (that) pleasure.
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