Suhrawardi - Three Treatises on Mysticism.pdf - Platonic Philosophy

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CHAITKK Forrra.
Kaikhusraw had a world-displaying cup. Whatever he
liked he could inspect there. He saw the universe and
became informed of concealed things. It had been made
by a slave, out of leather, in the form of a cone. He had
placed thereon an opening and closing mechanism. When
lie wanted to see one of the concealed things he opened the
cover. When he had opened all it
fastenings did not come
out. When he had closed all it came out of the turning
instrument. When the sun was on head, he placed that cup
against When it. the light of the sun fell on it all drawings
and lines of the world appeared there. "And when the earth
is
spread out and hath cast out all that was in her, and is
empty and attentive to her Lord in fear Thou, ! verily,
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man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou
wilt meet (in His Presence). u 1 ' 1
Not a secret of you will^ be
hidden."" 2 U A soul will know what it hath sent beforO, it and
what left behind."
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'erse:
"When I heard from my master the description of
the cup of Jem
I was myself the world-displaying cup of Jem ?> .
I
r
erse :
"They talk of the world-displaying cup,
Our woollen cloth is that old buried cup/'
This is from Junayd:" "The nightly flashes of light
shine when they appear."
CHAPTER FIVE.
Someone became friendly with one of the kings
of the
Jinns. He said to him: "How can I see you?" He replied:
1. Quran LXXXIV, 36.
2. Quran LXFX, 18.
3. Quran LXXXII, />.