{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/taa/taa63.htm","path":"isl/taa/taa63.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/taa/taa63.htm","text":"The Tarjuman al-Ashwaq, by Ibn al-Arabi, tr. Reynold A. Nicholson, [1911]\n1. Approach the dwelling of dear ones who have taken covenants\u2014may clouds of incessant rain pour upon it!\u2014\n2. And breathe the scent of the wind over against their land, in desire that the (sweet) airs may tell thee where they are.\n3. I know that they encamped at the b\u00e1n tree of I\u1e0dam, where the \u2018ar\u00e1r plants grow and the sh\u00ed\u1e25 and the katam.\n1. 'Dear ones,' i.e. the exalted spirits.\n'Covenants,' i.e. the Divine covenants taken from the spirits of the prophets.\n'Clouds of incessant rain,' i.e. knowledge descending upon them continuously.\n2. 'And breathe,' etc., referring to the Tradition, 'I feel the breath of the Merciful from the quarter of Yemen.'\n3. 'I know.' The author says that ### is here used with the meaning of ###.\n'At the b\u00e1n tree of I\u1e0dam,' i.e. the station of Absolute purity at the end of the journey to God.\n'The \u2018ar\u00e1r plants,' etc., i.e. sweet spiritual influences proceeding from lovely spiritual beings.","title":"The Tarjuman al-Ashwaq: Translation and Commentary: LX","type":"page"}