Appendix: Early Sayings (1955–1956)

ملحقات: ابتدائی اقوال

The following additional sayings, recorded separately, are appended at the end of the main text. They are dated from 1955–1956, prior to the main period of the discourses.

On Wilaya (Sainthood) — 2 November 1956, Saturday

'Not knowing by chance is also knowledge' — al-'Ajiz 'an dark al-idrak — (being incapable of comprehension is itself a form of comprehension) — for 'wilaya (sainthood)' the condition is 'jazba (spiritual attraction/ecstasy)' (i.e., the kefiyat of jazba is a condition for wilaya) — but it is not always obligatory for it to remain — if it remains permanently he will become 'majdhub (lost in ecstasy).' By means of even one minute of the thought (khayal) being established at a single point and becoming absent to other things — that alone is sufficient — in this matter there are degrees.

On Knowledge — 19 November 1956, Sunday

I am detached from the means (asbab) — I have become — you are reading to me — everything I can do — but a word I cannot say — in reality my knowledge cannot reach any such point — and everything — but (outwardly) it appears and inwardly it agrees — and what agrees outwardly and it is the same — and that too is 'itself (itself) known to me.'

Some people think that (meaning: the whole world of testimony (shahada)) is just one imaginary drama — and this group of people — 'hameh az oost' (everything is from Him) — they are people — and these 'ilm-wale (people of knowledge)' — and some say that it is itself being formed — 'these people are also 'hameh az oost walae' — all people are the same — a person does — one person is staying — and then after that — one person's things — from his own nature (fitrat) comes out well — I am thinking — one small finger is good, my small finger is good — 'it came out bad' — (meaning: no, no, shar (evil) is in one thought — my own finger — the thought of 'shar' — in my own thought — in the other direction — the thought of 'shar' is not from another direction — the 'shar' is from 'adm (non-existence)' — it is actually 'adm (non-existence)'.'

On Praise — 3 December 1956, Sunday

Some people think that this entire world of testimony (shahada) is just one imaginary drama — and this group of people say: 'hameh az oost' — 'everything is from Him' — these are people — and these 'ilm-wale (people of knowledge)' — some say: 'it itself is forming' — 'these people also are hameh az oost — people are all the same.' All praise is Allah's alone.