Suhrawardi - Three Treatises on Mysticism.pdf - Platonic Philosophy

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"At the end of this mountain there is a city where His
Majesty the king resides. He removes the oppression and grief
from every oppressed person that reaches las court arid trusts
is him. And whatever I say in praise
of him is incorrect
because he is above all that 7 '.
So our hearts were consoled with what we heard from
him, and in compliance with his instructions we set for the
court and *
reached that city.
We descended in the court of His Majesty the king. He
had informed the vedette of the country before our arrival;
and an order was issued to present the visitors to His Majesty.
So they lead us. We saw a palace and a courtyard
of which our eyes could not behold the wideness. When we
passed [these] a curtain was raised and another courtyard
came into view more beautiful and wider than that [former
one], so that we considered the first one darker in comparison
to this courtyard. Then we reached a parlour. When
we stepped into the parlour, we saw from a distance the light
of the beauty of the king. In that light our eyes were perplexed
and our intellects went stray; and we swooned. Then
with his kindness he restored our intellects and gave us
liberty to speak. We narrated our hardships and troubles
to the king and related our stories; and requested him to
remove the remaining bonds from our legs so that we may
remain is service at the court. He answered, "The name
person will remove the bonds from your legs who has put
them there. I will send a messenger with you so as
to compel him *to remove the bonds from your legs."
And the chamberlains shouted out that we must depart.
So we turned away from the king; and as yet we are on the
way, walking with the king's messenger.
Some of my friends asked me to describe His Majesty the
king and to narrate his beauty and grandeur. Though I
cannot accomplish that, [ye* j
I will give a brief summary.