The Swadiq
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
A swadiq is an upright person. Shaykh Muhyi ad-Din Abu Muhammad ibn Abu Swalih ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani (q.s.) said, as recorded in Jila’ al-Khathir, “For the swadiq, there can be no movement to the rear. He is always moving to the fore. He has a front without a back. He never ceases to behave with honest sincerity, so that his speck of dust eventually becomes a mountain, his drop of water an ocean, his tiny portion a great deal, his lamp a sun, and his shell a kernel.
If you ever have the good fortune to come across a swadiq, you must stick close to him always, wherever he may lead you. If you are fortunate enough to come across a person who holds the remedy to cure your sickness, you must stick close to him at all times. If you are fortunate enough to come across a person who can show you how to recover the opportunities you have wasted on nothing better than garbage, you must stick close, really close, to him.”
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