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And none but myself prayed to me ... nor was my prayer directed to another in any unit of prayer.
He goes on to say:
I have always been her, and she has always been me ... there is no distinction; rather, my essence has loved itself.
I was a messenger sent from myself to myself ... and my essence, through my signs, is proof of me.
If I am called, I am the one who answers ... and if I call, she who called me answers and responds to my summons.
I have removed the tā of second-person address between us ... and by removing it I rise beyond the separation that distinction brings.
Leave the error of distinction, for union brings forth ... the guidance of a group that speaks of union.
وما كان لي صلى سواي ولم تكن ... صلاتي لغيري في أدا كل ركعة
إلى أن قال:
وما زلت إياها وإياي لم تزل ... ولا فرق بل ذاتي لذاتي أحبت
إلي رسولاً كنت مني مرسلاً ... وذاتي بآياتي علي استدلال
فإن دعيت كنت المجيب وإن أكن ... منادي أجابت من دعاني ولبت
وقد رفعت تاء المخاطب بيننا ... وفي رفعها عن فرقة الفرق رفعتي
وفارق ضلال الفرق فالجمع منتج ... هدى فرقة بالاتحاد تحدث