{"id":2920,"date":"2018-06-09T07:03:38","date_gmt":"2018-06-09T12:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=2920"},"modified":"2018-06-10T13:01:43","modified_gmt":"2018-06-10T18:01:43","slug":"you-are-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2018\/06\/09\/you-are-light\/","title":{"rendered":"You are Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favorite poems in praise of the Prophetic Light:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2018\/06\/hilyecircle.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2925\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2018\/06\/09\/you-are-light\/hilyecircle\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2018\/06\/hilyecircle.jpg?fit=736%2C728&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"736,728\" 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=\"hilyecircle\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2018\/06\/hilyecircle.jpg?fit=584%2C578&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2925 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2018\/06\/hilyecircle.jpg?resize=584%2C578\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2018\/06\/hilyecircle.jpg?w=736&amp;ssl=1 736w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2018\/06\/hilyecircle.jpg?resize=300%2C297&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2018\/06\/hilyecircle.jpg?resize=303%2C300&amp;ssl=1 303w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\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\/iUgIszAORl8?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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><strong>Translation:<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6>Prayers of God upon You, Light<\/h6>\n<h6>Light of all the dwelling places<\/h6>\n<h6>O you, best of all in spaces<\/h6>\n<h6>Messenger of God, You are<\/h6>\n<h6>You are light in form and shape<\/h6>\n<h6>As &#8220;light upon light&#8221; you came<\/h6>\n<h6>The Qur&#8217;an came down by the same<\/h6>\n<h6>As a lamp, oil, and light<\/h6>\n<h6>shining, you came well-arranged<\/h6>\n<h6>The world does not exist until<\/h6>\n<h6>it appears through you beautiful<\/h6>\n<h6>In traditions you have said<\/h6>\n<h6>that this world takes after you<\/h6>\n<h6>You from the Holy Presence came<\/h6>\n<h6>while you&#8217;ve never left the same<\/h6>\n<h6>You were before the cosmos was<\/h6>\n<h6>past-time is as before-time was<\/h6>\n<h6>Absolute you were in full,<\/h6>\n<h6>then took on limits beautiful<\/h6>\n<h6>Nothing exists in any way<\/h6>\n<h6>Save the Light, indeed I say<\/h6>\n<h6>From the unseen, suddenly<\/h6>\n<h6>It came down from heights, so lofty<\/h6>\n<h6>God&#8217;s Messenger, you have attained<\/h6>\n<h6>More than virtues can contain<\/h6>\n<h6>God&#8217;s Messenger you have remained<\/h6>\n<h6>And pliant to you I remain<\/h6>\n<h6>So al-&#8216;Alawi attends<\/h6>\n<h6>by your grace, the desired end.<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aisa-ong.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/cheikhalalawi.jpg?w=584\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Original:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u0635\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0643\u064e \u064a\u0627 \u0646\u0640\u0648\u0631\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u064a\u0640\u0627 \u0646\u0640\u0640\u0648\u0631 \u0643\u0640\u0640\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0640\u0646\u0640\u0627\u0632\u0650\u0644<\/p>\n<p>\u064a\u0627 \u062e\u064a\u0631\u064e \u0645\u0646 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0646\u0627\u0632\u0644<\/p>\n<p>\u064a\u0640\u0640\u0627 \u0631\u0633\u0640\u0640\u0648\u0644\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0640\u0644\u064e\u0640\u0640\u0647\u0650 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