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18 May 2023
- 20:0420:04, 18 May 2023 diff hist +840 N Seven Valleys/GPT4 55 Created page with "Although a brief example was given at the beginning and end of the relative and adjectival world, another example will be given to manifest all the meanings in the garment of an example. For instance, you, in relation to your son, are considered first (prior), and in relation to your father, you are last (subsequent). On the surface, you rule from the outward power in the worlds of divine creation, and in the hidden aspect, you possess divine secrets within you. Therefor..." current
- 20:0220:02, 18 May 2023 diff hist +992 N Seven Valleys/Persian55 Created page with "اگرچه مثال مختصری در اوّل و آخر عالم نسبی و اضافی زده شد مجدّد مثال دیگر ذکر میشود تا تمام معانی در قمیص مثالی ظاهر شود مثلاً آنجناب در خود ملاحظه فرمایند که نسبت بپسر خود اوّلند و نسبت بپدر خود آخر و در ظاهر حکایت از ظاهر قدرت میکنید در عوالم صنع الهی و در باطن بر..." current
- 20:0120:01, 18 May 2023 diff hist +327 N Seven Valleys/GPT4 54 Created page with "Indeed, I consider myself as non-existent in the presence of one of the beloved of God, and I regard myself as lost. How much more so in the assembly of the saints? Glory be to my Lord, the Highest. Beyond these, the aim is to explain the stages of the journey of the seekers, not to discuss the differing views of the mystics." current
- 19:5919:59, 18 May 2023 diff hist +349 N Seven Valleys/Persian54 Created page with "والّا این بنده خود را در ساحت یکی از احبّای خدا معدوم میدانم و مفقود میشمرم تا چه رسد در بساط اولیا فسبحان ربّی الاعلی و از اینها گذشته مقصود ذکر مراتب سیر سالکین است نه بیان اختلاف اقوال عارفین" current
- 19:5819:58, 18 May 2023 diff hist +659 N Seven Valleys/GPT4 53 Created page with "And similarly, there are many sayings from the scholars and wise men of the past which I have not addressed. I do not wish to make too many references to the words of others, because quoting others is indicative of acquired knowledge, not of divine gift. But the amount that has been mentioned is due to the common habit of people and following the footsteps of the wise. Moreover, these sayings do not fit within this treatise, and the lack of inclination to quote them is n..." current
- 19:5319:53, 18 May 2023 diff hist +201 N Seven Valleys/GPT4 52 Created page with "The journey paths in the way of love have also been described as fourfold: 1. From creation to the Truth (God) 2. From the Truth to creation 3. From creation to creation 4. From the Truth to the Truth" current
- 19:4819:48, 18 May 2023 diff hist +859 N Seven Valleys/GPT4 51 Created page with "Reflect on the diversity of the divine realms from this standpoint. Although the divine realms are infinite, some have mentioned four categories. There's the realm of time, which has a beginning and an end. There's the realm of eternity, which has a beginning but no discernible end. There's the realm of perpetuity, which has no observable beginning but a conceivable end. And there's the realm of pre-eternity, which neither has an observable beginning nor an end. Even th..." current
- 19:4619:46, 18 May 2023 diff hist +302 N Seven Valleys/GPT4 50 Created page with "There are countless secrets and innumerable mysteries about the essence of the Beloved that books can't fully cover, and that cannot be fully expressed on tablets, despite the fact that there is no more than one word and one symbol. Indeed, knowledge is a single point which the ignorant have expanded." current
- 19:4619:46, 18 May 2023 diff hist +263 N Seven Valleys/Persian50 Created page with "اسرار بسیار و اغیار بیشمار سرّ محبوبرا دفترها کفایت نکند و باین الواح اتمام نیابد با اینکه حرفی بیش نیست و رمزی بیش نه العلم نقطة کثّرها الجاهلون" current
- 19:4419:44, 18 May 2023 diff hist +434 N Seven Valleys/GPT4 49 Created page with "So it is understood that there is neither entrance nor exit for divine manifestations, let alone for the essence of existence and the secret purpose. My brother, in these stages, tread the path of realization, not imitation, and may the falcon of hints not scare away the traveler, nor the words of prohibition hinder them. What is a veil between the lover and the beloved? Not even Alexander's Wall can obstruct or stand in the way." current
- 19:4319:43, 18 May 2023 diff hist +478 N Seven Valleys/Persian49 Created page with "پس معلوم شد که از برای تجلّیات هم دخول و خروج نیست تا چه رسد بآن جوهر وجود و سرّ مقصود ای برادر من در این مراتب از روی تحقیق سیر نما نه از روی تقلید و سالک را دورباش کلمات منع نکند و هیمنۀ اشارات صدّ ننماید پرده چه باشد میان عاشق و معشوق سدّ سکندر نه مانع است و نه حایل" current
- 19:3919:39, 18 May 2023 diff hist +122 N Seven Valleys/GPT4 48 Created page with "Similarly, when you remove the celestial veils from the face of the heart, the divine lights of absolute unity will arise." current
- 19:3819:38, 18 May 2023 diff hist +126 N Seven Valleys/Persian48 Created page with "و هم‌چنین چون خرق حجبات افکیّه از وجه قلب نمائی انوار احدیّه طالع شود" current
- 19:3519:35, 18 May 2023 diff hist +403 N Seven Valleys/GPT4 47 Created page with "Yes, these mentions which are made in the realms of spiritual knowledge are the understandings of the manifestations of that true Sun which reflects in the mirrors. The manifestation of that light is in the hearts, but it is concealed by the veils of egoistic matters and incidental affairs, like a candle under an iron lampshade. When the lampshade is removed, the light of the candle becomes apparent." current
- 19:3319:33, 18 May 2023 diff hist +419 N Seven Valleys/Persian47 Created page with "بلی این ذکرها که در مراتب عرفان ذکر میشود معرفت تجلّیات آن شمس حقیقت است که در مرایا تجلّی میفرماید و تجلّی آن نور در قلوب هست ولکن بحجبات نفسانیّه و شئونات عرضیّه محجوب است چون شمع زیر فانوس حدید چون فانوس مرتفع شد نور شمع ظاهر گردد" current
- 19:3119:31, 18 May 2023 diff hist +395 N Seven Valleys/Persian46 Created page with "اینست که عاشقان روی جانان گفته‌اند یا من دلّ علی ذاته بذاته و تنزّه عن مجانسة مخلوقاته عدم صرف کجا تواند در میدان قدم اسب دواند و سایۀ فانی کجا بخورشید باقی رسد حبیب لولاک ما عرفناک فرموده و محبوب او ادنی ما بلغناک گفته" current
- 19:3119:31, 18 May 2023 diff hist +441 N Seven Valleys/GPT4 46 Created page with "This is what the lovers of the Beloved have said: "O He who is focused on His essence by His essence, and who is far removed from any similarity with His creatures, how can pure nonexistence gallop in the field of existence? How can a transient shadow reach the everlasting sun?" The Beloved has said, "If it were not for You, we would not have known You," and the object of His love has declared, "The closest we have come to You is 'You'."" current
- 19:2619:26, 18 May 2023 diff hist +761 N Seven Valleys/GPT4 45 Created page with "Moreover, it should not happen that the fragrance of annihilation or the descents of the realms of Truth should enter these statements and cast doubt upon His Holiness. For Truth, in His essence, is sanctified from ascent and descent, from entrance and exit. He has always been, and will always be, independent of the attributes of creation. No one has recognized Him, and no one has found a way to Him. All the knowers are bewildered in the valley of His knowledge, and all..." current
- 19:2519:25, 18 May 2023 diff hist +769 N Seven Valleys/Persian45 Created page with "و دیگر آنکه مبادا در این بیانات رایحۀ حلول و یا تنزّلات عوالم حقّ در مراتب خلق رود و بر آنجناب شبهه شود زیرا که حقّ بذاته مقدّس است از صعود و نزول و از دخول و خروج لم یزل از صفات خلق غنیّ بوده و خواهد بود و نشناخته او را احدی و بکنه او راه نیافته نفسی کلّ عرفا در واد..." current
- 19:2419:24, 18 May 2023 diff hist +776 N Seven Valleys/GPT4 44 Created page with "When the lights of the manifestation of the Sultan of Uniqueness take seat on the throne of the heart and soul, His light becomes apparent in all limbs and members. At that time, the secret of the famous narration emerges from the curtain of obscurity: "My servant continues to draw near to Me with supererogatory works so that I shall love him. When I love him, I become the hearing with which he hears, etc." This is because the owner of the house has manifested Himself in..." current
- 19:2419:24, 18 May 2023 diff hist +841 N Seven Valleys/Persian44 Created page with "و چون انوار تجلّی سلطان احدیّه بر عرش قلب و دل جلوس نمود نور او در جمیع اعضا و ارکان ظاهر میشود آن وقت سرّ حدیث مشهور سر از حجاب دیجور برآورد لا زال العبد یتقرّب الیّ بالنّوافل حتّی احببته فاذا احببته کنت سمعه الّذی یسمع به الخ زیرا که صاحب بیت در بیت خود تجلّی نمو..." current
- 19:1719:17, 18 May 2023 diff hist +427 N Seven Valleys/GPT4 43 Created page with "O my brother, the subtle heart is like a mirror. Cleanse it with the polish of love and detachment from everything except Allah, so that the sun of reality may manifest in it, and the dawn of eternity may rise. You will then clearly perceive the meaning of "Neither My Earth nor My Heaven can contain Me, but the heart of My believing servant contains Me". You will seize life and offer a thousand regrets to your Beloved anew." current
- 19:1619:16, 18 May 2023 diff hist +477 N Seven Valleys/Persian43 Created page with "ای برادر من قلب لطیف بمنزلۀ آیینه است آن را بصیقل حبّ و انقطاع از ما سوی اللّه پاک کن تا آفتاب حقیقی در آن جلوه نماید و صبح ازلی طالع شود و معنی لا یسعنی ارضی و لا سمآئی ولکن یسعنی قلب عبدی المؤمن را آشکار و هویدا بینی و جان در دست گیری و بهزار حسرت نثار یار تازه نمائی" current
- 19:1219:12, 18 May 2023 diff hist +52 Seven Valleys/Persian42 No edit summary current
- 19:1219:12, 18 May 2023 diff hist +820 N Seven Valleys/GPT4 42 Created page with "Therefore, due to the different stages of spiritual progress, the understanding and expressions of spiritual seekers vary. This is why the effects of differences become apparent in the visible world. Some individuals remain at the level of unity (tawhid) and speak from that perspective; some are established in the realms of particularization (tahdid); others are engaged with the stages of the self (nafs); and some are completely veiled. The ignorant of each age, who hav..." current
- 19:1219:12, 18 May 2023 diff hist +820 N Seven Valleys/Persian42 Created page with "Therefore, due to the different stages of spiritual progress, the understanding and expressions of spiritual seekers vary. This is why the effects of differences become apparent in the visible world. Some individuals remain at the level of unity (tawhid) and speak from that perspective; some are established in the realms of particularization (tahdid); others are engaged with the stages of the self (nafs); and some are completely veiled. The ignorant of each age, who hav..."
- 19:1019:10, 18 May 2023 diff hist +520 N Seven Valleys/GPT4 41 Created page with "Indeed, the difference in place has been made clear and proven. However, when a spiritual traveler's perspective is confined to a particular place - that is, when they are observing the world through the lens of colored glass - they see colors like yellow, red, and white. This is why disputes arise among the worshippers and why the world is enveloped in the dark dust of limited selves. Some have their sight filled with the brilliance of light, while others who have tast..." current
- 19:0819:08, 18 May 2023 diff hist +521 N Seven Valleys/Persian41 Created page with "باری اختلاف محلّ واضح و مبرهن شد و امّا نظر سالک وقتی در محلّ محدود است یعنی در زجاجات سیر مینماید اینست که زرد و سرخ و سفید بیند باین جهت است که جدال بین عباد بر پا شده و عالم را غبار تیره از انفس محدوده فراگرفته و بعضی نظر باشراق ضوء دارند و برخی که از خمر وحدت نوش..." current
- 12:2112:21, 18 May 2023 diff hist +43 N Seven Valleys/Gail94 Created page with "The End of the Seven Valleys @ paragraph 93" current
- 12:2012:20, 18 May 2023 diff hist +186 N Seven Valleys/Gail93 Created page with "Wert thou to harken to the melodies of this mortal Bird, then wouldst thou seek out the undying chalice and pass by every perishable cup. Peace be upon those who walk in the Right Path!" current
- 12:1912:19, 18 May 2023 diff hist +827 N Seven Valleys/Gail92 Created page with "In one sense, these letters refer to holiness. Káf or Gáf (K or G) referreth to Kuffi (“free”), that is, “Free thyself from that which thy passion desireth; then advance unto thy Lord.” Nún referreth to Nazzih (“purify”), that is, “Purify thyself from all else save Him, that thou mayest surrender thy life in His love.” Jím is Jánib (“draw back”), that is, “Draw back from the threshold of the True One if thou still possessest earthly attributes...." current
- 12:1812:18, 18 May 2023 diff hist +374 N Seven Valleys/Gail91 Created page with "The thoughts thou hast expressed as to the interpretation of the common species of bird that is called in Persian Gunjishk (sparrow) were considered. Thou appearest to be well-grounded in mystic truth. However, on every plane, to every letter a meaning is allotted which relateth to that plane. Indeed, the wayfarer findeth a secret in every name, a mystery in every letter." current
- 12:1712:17, 18 May 2023 diff hist +592 N Seven Valleys/Gail90 Created page with "O Shaykh! Make of thine effort a glass, perchance it may shelter this flame from the contrary winds; albeit this light doth long to be kindled in the lamp of the Lord, and to shine in the globe of the spirit. For the head raised up in the love of God will certainly fall by the sword, and the life that is kindled with longing will surely be sacrificed, and the heart which remembereth the Loved One will surely brim with blood. How well is it said: Live free of love, for..." current
- 12:1612:16, 18 May 2023 diff hist +277 N Seven Valleys/Gail89 Created page with "Salám! O My friend! Many a hound pursueth this gazelle of the desert of oneness; many a talon claweth at this thrush of the eternal garden. Pitiless ravens do lie in wait for this bird of the heavens of God, and the huntsman of envy stalketh this deer of the meadow of love." current
- 12:1512:15, 18 May 2023 diff hist +573 N Seven Valleys/Gail88 Created page with "They who soar in the heaven of singleness and reach to the sea of the Absolute, reckon this city—which is the station of life in God—as the furthermost state of mystic knowers, and the farthest homeland of the lovers. But to this evanescent One of the mystic ocean, this station is the first gate of the heart’s citadel, that is, man’s first entrance to the city of the heart; and the heart is endowed with four stages, which would be recounted should a kindred soul..." current
- 12:1412:14, 18 May 2023 diff hist +375 N Seven Valleys/Gail87 Created page with "These journeys have no visible ending in the world of time, but the severed wayfarer—if invisible confirmation descend upon him and the Guardian of the Cause assist him—may cross these seven stages in seven steps, nay rather in seven breaths, nay rather in a single breath, if God will and desire it. And this is of “His grace on such of His servants as He pleaseth.”" current
- 12:1312:13, 18 May 2023 diff hist +253 N Seven Valleys/Gail86 Created page with "If any of the utterances of this Servant may not be comprehended, or may lead to perturbation, the same must be inquired of again, that no doubt may linger, and the meaning be clear as the Face of the Beloved One shining from the “Glorious Station.”" current
- 12:1212:12, 18 May 2023 diff hist +414 N Seven Valleys/Gail85 Created page with "In all these journeys the traveler must stray not the breadth of a hair from the “Law,” for this is indeed the secret of the “Path” and the fruit of the Tree of “Truth”; and in all these stages he must cling to the robe of obedience to the commandments, and hold fast to the cord of shunning all forbidden things, that he may be nourished from the cup of the Law and informed of the mysteries of Truth." current
- 12:0912:09, 18 May 2023 diff hist +365 N Seven Valleys/Gail84 Created page with "In this Valley, the wayfarer leaveth behind him the stages of the “oneness of Being and Manifestation” and reacheth a oneness that is sanctified above these two stations. Ecstasy alone can encompass this theme, not utterance nor argument; and whosoever hath dwelt at this stage of the journey, or caught a breath from this garden land, knoweth whereof We speak." current
- 12:0912:09, 18 May 2023 diff hist +472 N Seven Valleys/Gail83 Created page with "In this city, even the veils of light are split asunder and vanish away. “His beauty hath no veiling save light, His face no covering save revelation.” How strange that while the Beloved is visible as the sun, yet the heedless still hunt after tinsel and base metal. Yea, the intensity of His revelation hath covered Him, and the fullness of His shining forth hath hidden Him. Even as the sun, bright hath He shined, But alas, He hath come to the town of the blind!" current
- 12:0212:02, 18 May 2023 diff hist +161 N Seven Valleys/Gail82 Created page with "Now hast thou abandoned the drop of life and come to the sea of the Life-Bestower. This is the goal thou didst ask for; if it be God’s will, thou wilt gain it." current
- 12:0112:01, 18 May 2023 diff hist +652 N Seven Valleys/Gail81 Created page with "O Brother! Not every sea hath pearls; not every branch will flower, nor will the nightingale sing thereon. Then, ere the nightingale of the mystic paradise repair to the garden of God, and the rays of the heavenly morning return to the Sun of Truth—make thou an effort, that haply in this dustheap of the mortal world thou mayest catch a fragrance from the everlasting garden, and live forever in the shadow of the peoples of this city. And when thou hast attained this hig..." current
- 11:5811:58, 18 May 2023 diff hist 0 Seven Valleys/Page5 No edit summary current
- 11:5711:57, 18 May 2023 diff hist +59 N Seven Valleys/Page5 Created page with "{{paragraphs13|Seven_Valleys|Persian|Gail|GPT4_|offset=80}}"
- 11:5511:55, 18 May 2023 diff hist +746 N Seven Valleys/Gail80 Created page with "O My friend, listen with heart and soul to the songs of the spirit, and treasure them as thine own eyes. For the heavenly wisdoms, like the clouds of spring, will not rain down on the earth of men’s hearts forever; and though the grace of the All-Bounteous One is never stilled and never ceasing, yet to each time and era a portion is allotted and a bounty set apart, this in a given measure. “And no one thing is there, but with Us are its storehouses; and We send it no..." current
- 11:5311:53, 18 May 2023 diff hist +280 N Seven Valleys/Gail79 Created page with "This is the plane whereon the vestiges of all things (Kullu Shay’) are destroyed in the traveler, and on the horizon of eternity the Divine Face riseth out of the darkness, and the meaning of “All on the earth shall pass away, but the face of thy Lord....” is made manifest." current
- 11:5211:52, 18 May 2023 diff hist +299 N Seven Valleys/Gail78 Created page with "This state is that poverty of which it is said, “Poverty is My glory.” And of inward and outward poverty there is many a stage and many a meaning which I have not thought pertinent to mention here; hence I have reserved these for another time, dependent on what God may desire and fate may seal." current
- 11:5111:51, 18 May 2023 diff hist −300 Seven Valleys/Gail77 No edit summary current
- 11:5011:50, 18 May 2023 diff hist +953 N Seven Valleys/Gail77 Created page with "He who hath attained this station is sanctified from all that pertaineth to the world. Wherefore, if those who have come to the sea of His presence are found to possess none of the limited things of this perishable world, whether it be outer wealth or personal opinions, it mattereth not. For whatever the creatures have is limited by their own limits, and whatever the True One hath is sanctified therefrom; this utterance must be deeply pondered that its purport may be cle..."
- 11:4911:49, 18 May 2023 diff hist +792 N Seven Valleys/Gail76 Created page with "After scaling the high summits of wonderment the wayfarer cometh to The Valley of True Poverty and Absolute Nothingness This station is the dying from self and the living in God, the being poor in self and rich in the Desired One. Poverty as here referred to signifieth being poor in the things of the created world, rich in the things of God’s world. For when the true lover and devoted friend reacheth to the presence of the Beloved, the sparkling beauty of the Loved One..." current