مقامthe station of السماعspiritual listening مقامa station شريفnoble
مقام السماع مقام شريف
بصحبwith companions وزمرand piping وموضعand a place نظيفclean
بصحب وزمر وموضع نظيف
The station of spiritual listening is a noble station,
The gathering of spiritual auditory is noble,
With companions, piping, and a clean place.
With companionship, chanting and a pure place,
لناfor us فيهin it ياO صاحfriend معنىa meaning لطيفsubtle
لنا فيه يا صاح معنى لطيف
يقيمabides اللطيفthe subtle ويفنىand passes away الكثيفthe dense
يقيم اللطيف ويفنى الكثيف
For us, O friend, it holds a subtle meaning:
For us there, O friend, is a subtle meaning,
The subtle abides, and the dense passes away.
The Subtle remains and the dense passes away.
تظنّyou think السماعspiritual listening سماعhearing الدفوفthe frame drums
تظنّ السماع سماع الدفوف
أوor انthat التصوّفSufism لباسكyour wearing لصوفof wool
أو ان التصوّف لباسك لصوف
Do you think spiritual listening means hearing frame drums,
You may think spiritual auditory is beating drums,
Or that Sufism is your wearing wool,
Or that Sufism is to wear wool,
اوor الوجدecstasy هوit التصديهclapping بالكفوفwith the palms
او الوجد هو التصديه بالكفوف
فلاso not يعتقدbelieves ذاكthat الاexcept سخيفa fool
فلا يعتقد ذاك الا سخيف
Or that ecstasy is clapping with the palms?
Or that spiritual ecstasy is to clap hands,
So none but a fool believes that.
Whoever believes so is foolish.
سماعspiritual listening الرجالthe adepts شهودwitnessing وحالand a spiritual state
سماع الرجال شهود وحال
بحقّwith the truth of اليقينcertainty ونفيand rejection of المحالthe impossible
بحقّ اليقين ونفي المحال
The listening of the adepts is witnessing and a spiritual state,
The spiritual auditory of men is witnessing and state,
With the truth of certainty and rejection of the impossible,
With truth of certainty and denial of impossibility,
بشوقwith longing وقلقand restlessness لمعنىfor the meaning of الجمالbeauty
بشوق وقلق لمعنى الجمال
وقلبand a heart تقيّpious وجسمand a body عفيفchaste
وقلب تقيّ وجسم عفيف
With longing and restlessness for the meaning of beauty,
With longing and worry for the meaning of Beauty,
And a pious heart and a chaste body.
And a pious heart and chaste body.
وكلّand all التواجدinduced ecstasy سوىother than ذاthis حرامforbidden
وكلّ التواجد سوى ذا حرام
بنصّby the express words of الشيوخthe masters الفحولthe eminent الكرامthe noble
بنصّ الشيوخ الفحول الكرام
And all induced ecstasy other than this is forbidden,
And all finding except this is prohibited,
By the express words of the eminent, noble masters,
According to the respected and noble Shaykhs,
كراعيlike the master of العوارفal-ʿAwārif وعاليand the exalted in المقامstation
كراعي العوارف وعالي المقام
قشيريQushayri الرسالهal-Risālah وكمand many منof منيفan eminent man
قشيري الرساله وكم من منيف
Such as the master of al-ʿAwārif and the exalted in station—
The shepherds of the gnostics and the highly ranked,
Qushayri of al-Risālah—and many an eminent man.
Qushayri the teacher, and many like An-Niffari.
Sol 6.1