[3:83]! When! I! inherited! from! him! !! this! station! and! I! came! to! have! this! [state],! I! was! leading!

the! people! in! prayer! in! the! Azhar! mosque! in! the! city! of! Fez.! When! I! entered! the! prayer! niche,! I! was! reduced! in! my! entire! being! to! one! point! (!ayn" w#$id),! and! I! saw! from! my! every! direction! as! I! was! seeing! my! qiblah" in! front;! nothing! within! or! without! was! hidden! from! me,! not! a! single! one! praying! in! the! group! (jam#!at),! up! to! at! one! time! someone! was! absent"minded,! who! [came! in! late! and]! caught! with!me![as!the!im#m]!one!rak!at!of!the!prayer.! When! I! gave! the! sal#m! [ending! the! prayer]! and! returned! my! face! back! toward! the! jam#!at,! I! [led! them]! in! a! du!#h.! I! saw! that! man! restoring! what! he! had! missed! [by! arriving! late].! But! he! was! short! a! rak!at,! so! I! said! to! him,! What! is! missing! with! you! is! such! and! such.! Thus! he! completed! his! prayer! and! remembered.! No! one! recognizes! the! things! nor! these! states! (moments)! except! the! one! who! tastes! them.! And!whoever!has!this!as!ones!moment,!wherever!the!qiblah![fem.]!may!be,!one!is!facing! her.!This!is!how!I!tasted!it!in!my!self.!
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