Fusus al-Hikam The Seals of Wisdom by Shaykh al ... - ImagoMundi

was concentrated on a particular goal. If he had turned away, his action would have
rebounded on him, and Allah would have turned away from him. Musa was the chosen
one and the one brought near. When Allah brings someone near to Him, He gives him a
tajalli in the object he desires, without him knowing it.
Like the Fire of Musa
which he saw as what he needed.
It was Allah,
but he did not perceive it.
Notes to Chapter 25:
1. "Yes, we testify." Qur'an 7:172. Before the selves were created, Allah asked them,
"Am I not your Lord?" They replied. "Yes, we testify."
2. In the form of knowledge and life descending from Allah.
3. See Qur'an 21:30.
4. Divine Presence which causes calmness and tranquillity in the hearts of the Believers.
It is also related to the Ark of the Covenant and to Bayt al-Maqdis, when the invisible
Sakina/Shechina descends from above. See 2:249: "The sign of his kinship is that the
Ark will come to you, containing a Sakina from your Lord, and certain relics left by the
families of Musa and Harun left. It will be borne by angels."
5. Qur'an 17:44.
6. Qur'an 6:122.
7. Qur'an 22:5.
8. Qur'an 66:11: "Allah has make an example for the believers - the wife of Pharaoh
when she said, 'My Lord, build a house in the Garden for me in Your Presence, and
rescue me from Pharaoh and his deeds."
Also the hadith in al-Bukhari and Muslim from Abu Musa, "Many men have been
perfect, but among women only Maryam, daughter of 'Imran, and Asiya, wife of
Pharaoh, were perfect."
9. See Qur'an 20:40, "We rescued you from trouble and tested you with many trials."
10. See the story in the Qur'an 18:65-82.
11. Hadith qudsi.
12. i.e reaching the perfection of love. This is called or love or yearning after the
parting.
13. khil'a, a robe of honor.