The Station of Extinction
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
The following is from the Shaykh Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Ajibah’s (q.s.) Iqaz al-Himam fi Sharh al-Hikam, commentary of al-Hikam of Shaykh Taj ad-Din Abu al-Fadhl Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Atha’illah as-Sakandari (q.s.). Speaking of the station of extinction, Sayyidina ‘Ali ibn Abu Thalib (k.w.) said in verse:
“I saw my Lord with the eye of my heart.
I said: No doubt it is You! It
is You!
You are the One Who Encompassed every ‘where’.
So there is no ‘where’, except You are there.
‘Where’ has no ‘where’, in regards to You.
For ‘where’ to know where You are
Nor can imagination, imagine You.
For imagination to know where You are
Your Knowledge Encompasses everything
So that everything I see is You.
And in my annihilation, is the Annihilation of my annihilation.
and in my annihilation, I found You.”
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