Suhrawardi - Three Treatises on Mysticism.pdf - Platonic Philosophy

the [six] directions?"
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The judge replied: "I too related this
story at this length for this very purpose." The turtles
cried out: "We have dismissed you; you are dismissed" and
threw dust on him and retired to their nest
CHAFFER THRKE.
All the birds were present in the court of Solomonpeace
be upon him except the nightingale. Solomon
appointed a bird as a messenger to tell the nightingale u it is
necessary for us to meet each other." When the nightingale
received the message of Solomon peace be upon him he
had not come out of his nest He turned to his friends
[saying] u The command of Solomon peace be upon him
is in this manner and he does not tell lies. He lias promised
an assembling. If he is outside, #n assembling and meeting
is not possible inside; and our nest cannot hold him; and
there is
no other way/
1
There was an aged one among them. He said : "If the
promise of "The day when they shall meet Him" 1 be right
and the declaration of "All will he brought before Us"- and
: *
"Unto Us is their return" "Firmly established in the favour
of a Mighty King" 4
comes true, the is
way
this: since our
nest cannot hold King Solomon we should also leave the
nest, and go
to him, else meeting will not be possible.
Junayd mercy of God be upon him was asked: "What is
Tasawwuf?" He recited this verse:
"He sang to me wholeheartedly, and I also sang as he did,
And we were wherever they were, and they were
wherever we were."
1. Quran XXXIII, 48.
Quntn XXXVI, 32.
8. Quran LXXXVIII,
4. Quran LIT, 55.