1. Say to the Sufi hadith scholar, from

    one enamored of perfection, passionately devoted:

  2. You are the one whose character, if I describe it,

    reveals to me the noblest of those described.

  3. Knowledge and faith—the light of both encompasses

    every sighted person and every blind person.

  4. If I am parted from him in person,

    then my mind is not turned away from him.

  5. And if the companions spread their love widely,

    I have confined my love to Ibn Ma‘ruf.

Sol 6.1