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بخش ۱ - بابُ آدابِهم فی المَشْیِ / Section 1 - The Chapter on Their Manners in Walking (Bab Adabihim fi al-Mashy)

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قوله، تعالی: «و عباد الرحمن الذین یمشون علی الأرض هونا و إذا خاطبهم الجاهلون قالوا سلاما (۶۳/الفرقان).»
باید که طالب حق پیوسته بر روش خود می رود و بداند که هر قدمی که می نهد بر چه می نهد آن بر وی است یا از آن وی است؟ اگر بر وی است، استغفار کند و اگر از آن وی است، در آن جد کند تا زیادت شود.

و از داود طائی رضی الله عنه می آید که: روزی دارو خورده بود وی را گفتند: «زمانی بدین صحن سرای اندر شو تا فایدهٔ دارو ظاهر شود.» گفت: «من شرم دارم که به قیامت خدای عز و جل مرا سؤال کند: چرا قدمی چند بر نصیب هوای خود نهادی؟ لقوله، تعالی: وتشهد أرجلهم بما کانوا یکسبون (۶۵/یس).»
پس درویش باید که به مراقبت و بیداری رود سرافکنده، و به هیچ سو ننگرد جز اندر برابر روی خود و راه و اگر کسی وی را پیش آید خود رادرنکشد مر نگاهداشت جامهٔ خود را که تا بدو باز نیاید؛ که مؤمنان و جامه های ایشان پاک باشند و این خصله جز رعونت و خویشتن پیدا کردنی نباشد؛ و باز اگر آن کس کافر باید یا پلیدی بر وی ظاهر بود، روا بود که خود را از وی نگاه دارد و چون با جماعتی می رود قصد پیش رفتن نکند و زیادت جستن به تکبر و نیز قصد بازپس رفتن نکند و زیادت جستن به تواضع و ازنمودن تواضع به مردمان به معاملتی پرهیز کند؛ که تواضع را چون بدید، عین تکبر شود و نعل کفش را تا بتواند از پلیدها نگاه دارد به روز؛ تا خداوند تعالی به برکات آن، جامهٔ وی را به شب نگاه دارد و باید که چون جماعتی، و یا یک درویش، با کسی باشند اندر راه با کسی نایستند به سخن و ورا انتظار خود نفرمایند و آهسته رود و شتاب نکند؛ که به حریصان ماند و نرم نرم نرود؛ که متکبران ماند و گام تمام نهد.

و در جمله باید که روش طالب پیوسته بدان صفت بود که اگر کسی گوید: «کجا می روی؟» بقطع بتواند گفت: «إنی ذاهب إلی ربی (۹۹/الصافات).» و اگر جز چنین باشد رفتن وی بر وی وبال باشد؛ از آن چه صحت خطوات از صحت خطرات باشد پس هر که اندیشهٔ وی مجتمع باشد مر حق را، اقدام وی متابع اندیشهٔ وی باشد.
و از بویزید رضی الله عنه روایت آرند که گفت: روش بر درویش نشان غفلت بود؛ که هرچه هست خود اندر دو قدم حاصل آید که یکی بر نصیب های خود نهد و یکی بر فرمان های حق این یک قدم را بردارد و آن دیگر بر جای بدارد و روش طالب علامت قطع مسافت بود و قرب حق به مسافت نیست و چون قرب وی مسافتی نباشد طالب را جز قطع پای ها اندر محل سکون چه وجه باشد؟ و الله اعلم بالصواب.

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God Most High says: 'And the servants of the Merciful are those who walk upon the earth in humility, and when the ignorant address them, they say: Peace' (25:63, al-Furqan).

The seeker of the Truth must always go about in his proper manner and know, with every step he sets down, upon what he is setting it: is it against him or is it in his favor? If it is against him, let him seek forgiveness; and if it is in his favor, let him strive in it so that it may increase.

It is related from Dawud al-Ta'i (may God be pleased with him) that one day he had taken medicine, and they said to him: 'Walk about this courtyard for a while so that the benefit of the medicine may appear.' He said: 'I am ashamed that on the Day of Resurrection God (mighty and majestic) might question me: Why did you set several steps for the portion of your own desire? For His words, Most High: And their feet will bear witness to what they used to earn (36:65, Ya-Sin).'

So the dervish must walk with vigilance and wakefulness, with head lowered, and look nowhere except in front of his own face and the road. And if someone comes toward him, he should not draw himself back to keep his garment from touching him, for the believers and their garments are pure, and such conduct would be nothing but vanity and making oneself conspicuous. But if that person be an unbeliever, or some filth be apparent upon him, then it is permissible for him to keep himself away from him.

And when he walks with a group, let him not intend to go ahead, seeking superiority through pride, nor intend to fall behind, seeking increase through humility; and let him avoid displaying his humility to people as a deliberate act, for when humility is shown off, it becomes the very essence of pride. And let him keep the sole of his shoe from filth as much as he can by day, so that God Most High, by its blessings, may keep his garment pure by night.

And when a group, or a single dervish, are on the road with someone, they should not stop with anyone to talk, nor make him wait for them; and let him walk unhurriedly and not rush, for that resembles the greedy, nor walk too softly, for that resembles the arrogant; and let him take a full step.

In sum, the seeker's manner of walking must always be of such a character that if someone says, 'Where are you going?' he can say with certainty: 'I am going to my Lord' (37:99, al-Saffat). And if it be otherwise, his walking is a burden against him; for the soundness of steps comes from the soundness of inner thoughts, so whoever's thought is wholly gathered upon the Truth, his footsteps will follow his thought.

And it is related from Bayazid (may God be pleased with him) that he said: Walking about is, for the dervish, a sign of heedlessness; for whatever there is, is attained in just two steps: one he sets upon his own portions of desire, and one upon the commands of the Truth—let him lift up this former step and keep the other in place. And the seeker's walking is a mark of traversing distance, but nearness to the Truth is not by distance; and since His nearness involves no distance, what reason is there for the seeker other than cutting off the movement of the feet in the station of stillness? And God knows best what is right.

Updated 2026-07-20

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