Hidāyat al-Ḥayārā - Ibn al-Qayyim - (الكتاب/356)

And His saying: “He is the One who is God in heaven and God on earth; and He is the All-Wise, the All-Knowing” (43:84).

Thus the friends of Allah know Him, love Him, and revere Him. People say, “He is in their hearts,” intending thereby His love and knowledge, and that the Loftiest Example abides in their hearts—not His very Essence. Such expressions are part and parcel of everyday speech; a person will say to another, “You are in my heart; you are ever before my eyes,” just as the poet said:

It is wondrous indeed that I yearn for them
and ask everyone I meet about them while they are with me.
My eyes go searching for them, though they dwell in their pupil (1),
my heart longs for them while they are between my ribs (2).

Another put it in similar terms (3):

Your image is before my eyes, your mention upon my tongue;
your abode is in my heart (4)—so where could you ever be absent? (5)

Yet another said (6):

He dwells in the heart and gives it life;
I never forget him, for I keep him in remembrance.

And someone else said:

(1) In manuscripts B and G the reading is: "sawaʾiha". (2) Ibn al-Abbar attributes the two verses to Mihyar al-Daylami, with a change in the second line, while some scholars credit them to al-Qadi al-Fadil; cf. Ibn al-Jawzi, al-Mudhish, 2/629. (3) The phrase "fi al-maʿna" (in substance) appears only in manuscript J, whereas manuscripts G and S read: "wa qala al-akhar" (and another said). (4) Manuscript D reads: "ʿayni" (my eye). (5) The verse is by Abu al-Hakam Ibn Ghalanduh al-Ishbili; see Yaqut, Muʿjam al-Udabaʾ, 3/1194. (6) The verse is cited in al-Mudhish, 2/514.

وقوله: ﴿وَهُوَ الَّذِي فِي السَّمَاءِ إِلَهٌ وَفِي الْأَرْضِ إِلَهٌ وَهُوَ الْحَكِيمُ الْعَلِيمُ﴾ [الزخرف: ٨٤]. فأولياء الله يعرفونه ويحبونه، ويُجلُّونه، ويقال: هو في قلوبهم، والمراد: مَحَبَّتُه ومعرفته، والمَثَلُ الأعَلى في قلوبهم، لا نَفْسُ ذاته، وهذا أمرٌ يعتاده الناس في مخاطباتهم ومحاوراتهم، يقول الإنسان لغيره: أنت في قلبي، ولا زلتَ في عيني، كما قال القائل: وَمِنْ عَجَب أنِّي أَحِنُّ إلَيْهِمُ … وأَسْألُ عَنْهُمْ مَنْ لَقِيْتُ وَهُمْ مَعِي وتَطْلُبُهُمْ عَيْنِي وهُمْ في سَوَادِهَا (١) … وَيَشْتَاقُهُمْ قَلْبِي وَهُمْ بَيْنَ أَضْلُعِي (٢) وقال آخر في المعنى (٣): خيالُكَ في عَيْنِي وذِكْرُكَ في فَمِي … وَمَثْواكَ في قَلْبِي (٤) فَأَيْنَ تَغِيْبُ (٥) وقال آخر (٦): ساكن في القلب يعمره … لست أنساه فأذكره وقال آخر:

(١) في "ب، غ": "سوائها". (٢) نسبهما ابن الأبَّار لمهيار الديلمي بتغيير في البيت الثاني، ونسبهما بعضهم للقاضي الفاضل. وانظر: "المدهش" لابن الجوزي: (٢/ ٦٢٩). (٣) "في المعنى" من "ج" فقط. وفي "غ، ص": "وقال الآخر". (٤) في "د": "عيني". (٥) البيت لأبي الحكم ابن غلندو الإشبيلي، ذكره ياقوت في "معجم الأدباء": (٣/ ١١٩٤). (٦) البيت في "المدهش" (٢/ ٥١٤).