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| The Sorcerers� Respect for Moses |
| Sorcerers of Pharaoh master of cursed throne
Sly they were dared challenge Moses on own The sorcerers had preferred Moses to lead They had held him in high respect indeed They said you are the leader of the herd Thou art requested to lay thy staff ahead Answered he, �No� O sorcerer! Thee first May show others thy excellence, I behest His resolute faith had their hearts won Bounded their skills to compete none The sorcerers hath but realized his rank Had laid before him their skill and talent |
| Deaf can�t but utter a word, so to speak
Being dumb for life silence doth reek Thou must learn to listen before you speak Enter through �listening� the realm of speech Thou must enter the homes through the gate Seek thy livelihood through means appropriate Speech not dependant on Art to Listen Belongs to God alone Who is Sovereign The Creative Master, subdued to teacher naught He is the Provider humble support He seeks not! |
| Everyone involved in each talent, art and skill
Are dependent on teacher and the Role Model If thou art not unfamiliar with this opinion Resolve to poverty, repentance, and seclusion Adam was saved from wrath for genuine cries (1) Efficient resolve for repentance are but wet eyes Adam had retreated on earth the purpose wailing He has to cry, wail and repent forever his parting Adam was but dethroned from heaven the 7th sky Caught hovering around a forbidden tree; be wry! |
| Moses indeed had an awesome charismatic personality. He used to have others wonder stricken by his grace and magnanimity, which is the truest practice of Deen and the truest worth of a prince. He had to challenge after all the mightiest throne in human history, that of Egyptian Pharaoh. Ibn Arabi tells us in �Fusus�: �Musa was only born being a synthesis of many spirits. He was a concentration of affective forces since the young have an affect on the old that may held captive mightiest of intellect.� Learn more at: |
| (1) Adam had cried more on the realization of his sin, rather than on the grievous punishment he had received. He had truly desired forgiveness, which he earned through realization of sin and its atonement. |
| : Ibn Arabi tells us in �Fusus� (Bezels of Wisdom) Adam was in possession of Divine Names which the angels did not have, so that their praise and glorification of Him was not the same as Adam's praise and glorification of Him. Allah describes this to us so that we may ponder it and learn �adab� (spiritual manners) with Allah, and so that we will not lay claim to what we have not realized or possessed by pinning down. How can we allege something which is beyond us and of which we have no knowledge? We will only be exposed. This divine instruction is part of Allah�s discipline of those of His slaves who are well-mannered, trusting and khalifs. Learn more at: |
| Adam and God |
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