It also contains the following:

One of the shaykhs’ sons asked his father to let him perform Hajj. The shaykh said to him: “My son, circumambulate a house that Allah has never left, even for the blink of an eye.”

He related:

It was reported of Rābi‘a al-‘Adawiyya that she performed Hajj and said: “This is the idol worshipped on earth. By Allah, Allah has neither entered it nor has it ever been empty of Him.”

It also contains these verses by al-Hallāj:

“Glory to Him whose human nature was revealed …
By the mystery of His piercing divine radiance.
Then He appeared, concealed yet manifest …
In the form of one who eats and drinks.”

He related these further verses by him:

“People have formed beliefs concerning God …
And I have embraced all that they believed.”

And these also:

“Between me and You, my selfhood crowds me …
By Your right, remove my selfhood from between us.”

He related:

Shaykh Shihāb al-Dīn al-Suhrawardī of Aleppo, who was put to death, said: “It was through this selfhood, whose removal al-Hallāj requested, that others gained power to shed his blood. Hence the predecessors said: ‘Al-Hallāj is half a man.’ His selfhood was not removed in substance, so it was removed in form.”

It also contains these verses by Muhyī al-Dīn ibn ‘Arabī:

“By Allah, it is nothing but bewilderment made manifest …
It swore by me, yet the one who swears is Allah.”

He also said therein:

It is reported that Jesus, peace be upon him, said: “Indeed, Allah—blessed