Comments on the Opening Poem

“The souls are paired with their bodies, as the human manifested with their essence.

He secured their nature with desire, when the Creator perfected their composition.

The Merciful allocated him in Paradise, playing with their girls and boys.

The Merciful made the servers offering around the cup and bowl.

Until he came to the protected hill, seeking for sight to perceive the Merciful.

If our souls knew their essence, they would be reading the Quran in communal.

But praise is to the one who made them wandering, in their own selves, for a wisdom, so that they would know the discern.”

Ibn al-Arabi (Diwan, p. 415).

The souls are paired with their bodies, as the human manifested with their essence.

He secured their nature with desire, when the Creator perfected their composition.

The Merciful allocated him in Paradise, playing with their girls and boys.

The Merciful made the servers offering around the cup and bowl.

Until he came to the protected hill, seeking for sight to perceive the Merciful.

If our souls knew their essence, they would be reading the Quran in communal.

But praise is to the one who made them wandering, in their own selves, for a wisdom, so that they would know the discern.”