{"id":2251,"date":"2015-07-15T22:27:16","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T03:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=2251"},"modified":"2015-08-02T01:12:38","modified_gmt":"2015-08-02T06:12:38","slug":"water-air-fire-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2015\/07\/15\/water-air-fire-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Water, Air, Fire, Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Ibn al-F\u0101ri\u1e0d<\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/07\/purity-without-water.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2252\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2015\/07\/15\/water-air-fire-earth\/purity-without-water\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/07\/purity-without-water.jpg?fit=1087%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1087,520\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"purity without water\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/07\/purity-without-water.jpg?fit=584%2C279&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2252\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/07\/purity-without-water-1024x490.jpg?resize=584%2C279&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"purity without water\" width=\"584\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/07\/purity-without-water.jpg?resize=1024%2C490&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/07\/purity-without-water.jpg?resize=300%2C144&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/07\/purity-without-water.jpg?resize=500%2C239&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/07\/purity-without-water.jpg?w=1087&amp;ssl=1 1087w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Translation:<\/h6>\n<h6>Purity but not water, Subtlety but not air<\/h6>\n<h6>Light but not fire, spirit but not body<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right\">Original:<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0635\u0641\u0627\u0621\u064c\u060c \u0648\u0644\u0627 \u0645\u0627\u0621\u064c\u060c \u0648\u0644\u064f\u0637\u0652\u0641\u064c\u060c \u0648\u0644\u0627\u0647\u064e\u0648\u0627\u064b\u060c<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0648\u0646\u0648\u0631\u064c \u0648\u0644\u0627 \u0646\u0627\u0631\u064c \u0648\u0631\u0648\u062d\u064c \u0648\u0644\u0627 \u062c\u0633\u0645\u064f<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/quF3ccm7DI8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Dattatreya<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Translation:<\/p>\n<p>Neither space nor air is the Reality;<br \/>\nNeither earth nor fire is the Reality.<br \/>\nIf there&#8217;s only the limitless One, all is Shiva.<br \/>\nWhich, then is the cloud, and which is the rain?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Original:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">\u0917\u0917\u0928\u0902 \u092a\u0935\u0928\u094b \u0928 \u0939\u093f \u0938\u0924\u094d\u092f\u092e\u093f\u0924\u093f<br \/>\n\u0927\u0930\u0923\u0940 \u0926\u0939\u0928\u094b \u0928 \u0939\u093f \u0938\u0924\u094d\u092f\u092e\u093f\u0924\u093f \u0964<br \/>\n\u092f\u0926\u093f \u091a\u0948\u0915\u0928\u093f\u0930\u0928\u094d\u0924\u0930\u0938\u0930\u094d\u0935\u0936\u093f\u0935\u0902<br \/>\n\u091c\u0932\u0926\u0936\u094d\u091a \u0915\u0925\u0902 \u0938\u0932\u093f\u0932\u0902 \u091a \u0915\u0925\u092e\u094d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Avadhuta Gita<br \/>\nChapter 6, Verse 9<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/07\/japanesecloudprint.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2255\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2015\/07\/15\/water-air-fire-earth\/japanesecloudprint\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/07\/japanesecloudprint.jpg?fit=560%2C742&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"560,742\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"japanesecloudprint\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/07\/japanesecloudprint.jpg?fit=560%2C742&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2255\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/07\/japanesecloudprint.jpg?resize=560%2C742&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"japanesecloudprint\" width=\"560\" height=\"742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/07\/japanesecloudprint.jpg?w=560&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/07\/japanesecloudprint.jpg?resize=226%2C300&amp;ssl=1 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Ibn &#8216;Aj\u012bbah<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">In speaking of the Sufi, they have invoked the similitude of the four elements upon which the physical world is based: air, earth, water, and fire, also known as the four natures, and mentioned by Ibn Sina in the verses<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\">What Hippocrates said of them was sound:<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\">They are fire, water, earth, and wind<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All four of these can be found in the nature of the Sufi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>al-fut\u016b\u1e25\u0101t al-il\u0101hiyyah f\u012b shar\u1e25 al-mub\u0101\u1e25ith al-a\u1e63liyyah<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/07\/balitemplereflect.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2266\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2015\/07\/15\/water-air-fire-earth\/balitemplereflect\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/07\/balitemplereflect.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"balitemplereflect\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/07\/balitemplereflect.jpg?fit=584%2C329&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2266\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/07\/balitemplereflect-1024x576.jpg?resize=584%2C329\" alt=\"balitemplereflect\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/07\/balitemplereflect.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/07\/balitemplereflect.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/07\/balitemplereflect.jpg?resize=500%2C281&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/07\/balitemplereflect.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/07\/balitemplereflect.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><b>Emir &#8216;Abd al-Qadir<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<h6>Translation:<\/h6>\n<h6>I am God, I am the creature<\/h6>\n<h6>I am the Lord, I am the servant<\/h6>\n<h6>I am the Throne, I am the carpet<\/h6>\n<h6><strong>I am water, I am fire<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong>I am wind, I am earth<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6>I am quantity, I am quality<\/h6>\n<h6>I am finding, I am losing<\/h6>\n<h6>I am essence, I am attribute<\/h6>\n<h6>I am nearness, I am distance<\/h6>\n<h6>All existence is my existence<\/h6>\n<h6>I am only, I am unique<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right\">Original:<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0623\u0646\u0627 \u062d\u0642 \u0623\u0646\u0627 \u062e\u0644\u0642 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0631\u0628 \u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0639\u0628\u062f<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0639\u0631\u0634 \u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0641\u0631\u0634 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u0648 \u062c\u062d\u064a\u0645 \u0623\u0646\u0627 \u062e\u0644\u062f<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0645\u0627\u0621 \u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0646\u0627\u0631 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u0648 \u0647\u0648\u0627\u0621 \u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0635\u0644\u062f<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0643\u0645 \u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0643\u064a\u0641 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0648\u062c\u062f \u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0641\u0642\u062f<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0630\u0627\u062a \u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0648\u0635\u0641 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0642\u0631\u0628 \u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0628\u0639\u062f<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0643\u0644 \u0643\u0648\u0646 \u0630\u0627\u0643 \u0643\u0648\u0646\u064a \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0648\u062d\u062f\u064a \u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0641\u0631\u062f<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/07\/goldentreereflect.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2253\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2015\/07\/15\/water-air-fire-earth\/goldentreereflect\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/07\/goldentreereflect.jpg?fit=480%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"480,640\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"goldentreereflect\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/07\/goldentreereflect.jpg?fit=480%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2253\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/07\/goldentreereflect.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"goldentreereflect\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/07\/goldentreereflect.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/07\/goldentreereflect.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Ibn al-F\u0101ri\u1e0d &nbsp; Translation: Purity but not water, Subtlety but not air Light but not fire, spirit but not body Original: \u0635\u0641\u0627\u0621\u064c\u060c \u0648\u0644\u0627 \u0645\u0627\u0621\u064c\u060c \u0648\u0644\u064f\u0637\u0652\u0641\u064c\u060c \u0648\u0644\u0627\u0647\u064e\u0648\u0627\u064b\u060c \u0648\u0646\u0648\u0631\u064c \u0648\u0644\u0627 \u0646\u0627\u0631\u064c \u0648\u0631\u0648\u062d\u064c \u0648\u0644\u0627 \u062c\u0633\u0645\u064f &nbsp; &nbsp; Dattatreya Translation: Neither space nor &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2015\/07\/15\/water-air-fire-earth\/\">Continue reading <span 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