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بخش ۸۰ - ذکر ابوبکر صیدلانی رحمةالله علیه / Section 80 - Mention of Abu Bakr al-Saydalani, May Allah Have Mercy on Him

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آن فلک عبادت آن خورشید سعادت آن چشمهٔ رضا آن نقطه وفا آن شیخ ربانی شیخ ابوبکر صیدلانی رحمةالله علیه از جمله مشایخ و اعلای ایشان بود و صاحب جمال بر صفتی که در عهد خویش همتا نداشت در حالت و در معاملت و در ورع و تقوی و مشاهدت یگانه و از فارس بود و درنیشابور وفات کرد و شبلی او را بزرگ داشتی عظیم وسخن اوست که گفت: درجمله دنیا یک حکمت است و هر یک را از آن حکمت نصیب بر قدر کشف اوست.
و گفت: صحبت کنید با خدای عزوجل و اگر نتوانید با آنکس صحبت کند که با خدا صحبت کنید تا به برکت صحبت او شما را به خدای رساند و در دوجهان رستگاری باشد.

وگفت: هر که مصاحبت کند با علم او را چاره نبود ا زمشاهده امر و نهی.
و گفت: علم تو را بریده کند از جهل پس جهد در آن کن که تا ترا بریده نگرداند ا زخدای تعالی.

وگفت: وصل بی فصل است که چون فصل آمد وصل نماند.
و گفت: هر که صدق نگاه بدارد میان خویش و خدای صدق او رامشغول گرداند از آنکه او را فراغت خلق بود.

و گفت: راه بعدد خلق است و گفت: طریق خدای راست و بدو طریق نیست.
وگفت: مجالست خدا بسیار کن و با خلق اندک.

وگفت: بهترین خلق آن قومند که خیر درغیر نبینند و دانند که راه به خدای بسیارست به جز از آن راه که خاص این کسست و اما چنان باید که تقصیر نفس را داند در آنچه او در آن است.
وگفت: چنان باید که حرکات و سکنات مرد خدای را بود یا به ضرورتی بود که در آن مضطر بود و هر حرکت وسکون که غیر این بود که گفتیم آن هیچ نبود.

و گفت: عاقل آنست که سخن بر قدر حاجت گوید و هرچه افزون است دست از آن بدارد.
و گفت: هرکه را خاموشی و طرنیست او در فضولست و اگرچه ساکنست.

و گفت: علامت مرید آنست که او را از غیر جنس خویش نفرت بود و طلب جنس کند.
و گفت: زندگانی نیست مگر در مرگ نفس وحیوة دل درمرگ نفس است.

وگفت: ممکن نیست از نفس برون آمدن هم به نفس و لیکن امکان از نفس برون آمدن بخدایست و آن راست نشود مگر به درستی ارادت به خدا.
و گفت: نعمت عظیم تر از نفس برون آمدن است زیرا که عظیم تر حجابی میان تو و خدا نفس است پس حقیقت نیست مگر مرگ نفس.

و گفت: مرگ بابی است از ابواب آخرت و هیچ بنده به خدا نتواند رسید مگر بدان درگاه در شود.
وگفت: من چکنم و جمله خلق دشمن من.

وگفت: بر تو باد که مغرور نشوی به مکر و شاید که بود.
کسی گفت: مرا وصیتی بکن گفت: همت همت که همت مقدم همه اشیا است و مدار جمله اشیا بروست و رجوع جمله اشیا باوست چون شیخ وفات کرد اصحاب گفتند لوح بر سر خاک او راست کردیم و نام او بر آنجا نبشتیم هر بار یکی بیامدی و خراب کردی وناپدید شدی و لوح ببردی و از آن هیچکس دیگرخراب نکردی از استاد بوعلی دقاق پرسیدند سر این گفت: آن پیر در دنیا خود را پنهانی اختیار کرده بود تو می خواهی که آشکارا کنی حق تعالی نهان می کند والله بالصواب.

English translation

That heaven of worship, that sun of prosperity, that spring of contentment, that point of loyalty, that divine shaykh, Shaykh Abu Bakr al-Saydalani, may Allah have mercy on him, was among the prominent and eminent shaykhs, and possessed a beauty such that he had no equal in his era. He was unique in state, in transactions, in piety and devotion, and in spiritual contemplation. He was from Fars and passed away in Nishapur, and al-Shibli held him in great esteem. It is his saying: 'In the entire world there is but one wisdom, and everyone has a share of that wisdom according to the degree of their spiritual unveiling.'

And he said: 'Associate with God, Almighty and Majestic, and if you cannot, associate with someone who associates with God, so that by the blessing of their association, they may bring you to God and there may be salvation for you in both worlds.'

And he said: 'Whoever associates with knowledge, has no choice but to contemplate the commandments and prohibitions.'

And he said: 'Knowledge severs you from ignorance; therefore, strive that it does not sever you from God, the Exalted.'

And he said: 'Union is without separation; for when separation comes, union no longer remains.'

And he said: 'Whoever guards truthfulness between himself and God, his truthfulness will keep him too occupied to have leisure for people.'

And he said: 'The paths are as numerous as the breaths of creation.' And he said: 'The path of God is straight, and there are not two paths to Him.'

And he said: 'Sit much in the company of God, and little in the company of creation.'

And he said: 'The best of creation are those people who do not see goodness in other than Him, and know that the paths to God are many, apart from the path that is specific to this person; yet it must be that one knows the shortcoming of one's self in whatever state one is in.'

And he said: 'It must be that the movements and stillness of a man are for God, or out of a necessity in which he is compelled; and any movement or stillness other than what we have mentioned is nothing.'

And he said: 'The wise person is one who speaks according to need, and refrains from whatever is in excess.'

And he said: 'Whoever does not possess silence and restraint is engaged in futility, even if they are still.'

And he said: 'The sign of the disciple is that they feel aversion toward what is not of their own kind, and seek after their own kind.'

And he said: 'There is no life except in the death of the self, and the life of the heart lies in the death of the self.'

And he said: 'It is impossible to emerge from the self by means of the self, but emerging from the self is possible through God, and that cannot be realized except through the sincerity of devotion to God.'

And he said: 'There is no greater blessing than emerging from the self, for the greatest veil between you and God is the self; thus, reality is nothing but the death of the self.'

And he said: 'Death is a gate among the gates of the Hereafter, and no servant can reach God unless they enter through that threshold.'

And he said: 'What can I do when all of creation is my enemy?'

And he said: 'Be sure not to be deceived by deception, for it may well be.'

Someone said: 'Give me a counsel.' He said: 'Aspiration, aspiration! For aspiration precedes all things, the pivot of all things is upon it, and the return of all things is to it.'

When the Shaykh passed away, his companions said: 'We set up a tombstone over his grave and wrote his name on it. Each time, someone would come, destroy it, make it disappear, and carry the tombstone away, and no one else was destroying it.' They asked Master Abu Ali al-Daqqaq about the secret behind this. He said: 'That elder had chosen obscurity for himself in this world, and you wish to make him known. God, the Exalted, keeps him hidden. And Allah knows best.'

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