pirihorasani
08.04.2006, 21:32
If You Can Distinguish Them, Come Forward
The Truth is locked away in secrecy--
If you can open it, come forward;
Behold--there is faith in blasphemy--
If you can distinguish them, come forward.
The gates of Paradise are open;
You can see it is made of gems and rubies;
The bridge which gets you there is thinner than a hair--
If you can cross over it, come forward.
Our lives are those of angels
and our bodies are the purest of the pure;
What I drink is the blood of the lion*--
If you can drink it too, come forward.
I took advice from my Teacher;
I learned many lessons from my Master;
After that I even bound my wings and flew--
If you can fly, come forward.
I am the rose in the garden;
I am the nightingale in the sacred ceremony
I am the key to Forty Doors**--
If you can open them, come forward.
Shah Hatayi is content in what he knows.
A mystic fog lay over the high mountains.
Here is the Bible, here is the Koran—
If you can distinguish them, come forward
*Ali is considered the lion of Allah.
** Within each of the Four Doors (Gateways) of Islam (Sharia, Tariqua, Marifa, Haqiqa) there are ten stations (makams) of maturity on the path to becoming a Perfect Human Being. The saints are those who pass all Forty doors.
quoted from http://www.anafilya.org/go.php?go=7d522c01507aa
The Truth is locked away in secrecy--
If you can open it, come forward;
Behold--there is faith in blasphemy--
If you can distinguish them, come forward.
The gates of Paradise are open;
You can see it is made of gems and rubies;
The bridge which gets you there is thinner than a hair--
If you can cross over it, come forward.
Our lives are those of angels
and our bodies are the purest of the pure;
What I drink is the blood of the lion*--
If you can drink it too, come forward.
I took advice from my Teacher;
I learned many lessons from my Master;
After that I even bound my wings and flew--
If you can fly, come forward.
I am the rose in the garden;
I am the nightingale in the sacred ceremony
I am the key to Forty Doors**--
If you can open them, come forward.
Shah Hatayi is content in what he knows.
A mystic fog lay over the high mountains.
Here is the Bible, here is the Koran—
If you can distinguish them, come forward
*Ali is considered the lion of Allah.
** Within each of the Four Doors (Gateways) of Islam (Sharia, Tariqua, Marifa, Haqiqa) there are ten stations (makams) of maturity on the path to becoming a Perfect Human Being. The saints are those who pass all Forty doors.
quoted from http://www.anafilya.org/go.php?go=7d522c01507aa