The Disciple as Undivided Aspiration

In this excerpt from Jami's Baharestan, al-Hallaj answers the question of who the true disciple (murid) is: one who, from the very first moment that he makes the Presence of the Truth (God) the target of his aim, is calmed by nothing and occupied with no one until he reaches Him.

The accompanying quatrain dramatizes this single-minded pursuit — the seeker hastens across land and sea, crosses the desert, and splits mountains, turning away from everything he encounters along the way, until he finds the path to the sanctuary of union (wisal).

The passage names a central Sufi ideal: undivided spiritual aspiration (himma) and the disciple's total, unwavering orientation toward the Divine goal, in which the journey itself is subordinated to the single aim of arrival.