more a man knows, the greater his fear,
for no one knows God without fearing Him.
One who feels safe from God’s designs is ignorant of Him,
while one who fears God’s designs knows Him.44
1.28.1
وعن مَالِك بن دِينَار رضي الله عنه قال: رأَيت في بعض الأيّام شابًّا عليه خفر التوبة ونور الإجابة ودموعه تتساقط على وجهه فعرفتُه بوجهه وكنتُ أَعرفه ذا ثَروة ونعمة فبكَيت لمّا رأيتُ من حاله وبكى الآخر لمّا رآني وبدأني بالسلام وقال: يا مالك بالله عليك ألا ذكرتَني في أَوقات الصفاء لعلّ الله يرحمني ويغفر لي ثمَّ أنشأ يقول [الطويل]:
| وَعَرِّضْ بِذِكْرِي حَيثُ تُسْمِعُ زَينَبا | وَقُل: لَيْسَ يَخْلُو سَاعَةً مِنْكِ بَالُهُ |
| عَسَاهَا إذا مَا مَرَّ ذِكْرِي بِسَمْعِهَا | تَقُولُ: فُلانٌ عِنْدَكُمْ كَيْفَ حَالُهُ |
Mālik ibn Dīnār, may God be pleased with him, related as follows:
One day, I saw a young man who had the diffidence of repentance and the light of one whose prayers are answered. Tears were streaming down his face. Then I recognized him as someone I used to know as blessed with wealth and good fortune. I cried when I saw him in this state, and he cried when he saw me. He greeted me and said, “O Mālik, cling to God, for you certainly remember how I was during the good times. Perhaps God will have mercy upon me and forgive me!” Then he recited:
Mention me if Zaynab will listen and say,
“His thoughts are never free of you for an instant!”
If she hears mention of me, perhaps she’ll say,
“How is that friend of yours?”
1.28.2
قال مالك: ثمّ ولّى ودموعه تستبق فلمّا دخلت أشهر الحجّ توجّهتُ إلى مكّة فبينما أنا في المسجد الحرام إذ رأيتُ خلقة من الناس وإذا فتى يتضرّع وقد قطع على الناس طوافهم بكثرة بكائه فوقفتُ عليه أَنظره مع الناس فإذا الرجل صاحبي فاستبشرت به وسلّمتُ عليه وقلت: الحمد لله الذي أبدلك بخوفك أَمنًا وأعطاك ما تتمنّى. قال فأَنشأ يقول رحمه الله تعالى [الطويل]:
| فَسَارُوا بِلا خَوْفٍ إلى خَيْفِ أَمْنِهِمْ | وَلَمَّا أَنَاخُوا في مِنىً بَلَغُوا ٱلمُنَا |
| تَمَنَّوا فَأَعْطَاهُمْ مُنَاهُمْ وَصَانَهُمْ | بِتَوبَتِهِ ٱلخُلْصَى عَنِ ٱلفَحْشِ وَٱلخَنَا |
| أَدَارَ عَلَيهِمْ سَاقِيُ ٱلقَومِ خَمْرَةً | فَنَادَوا مَنِ ٱلسَّاقي فَقَال لَهُمْ أَنَا |
| أَنَا ٱللهُ فَٱدْعُوني فَإنّيَ رَبُّكُمْ | لِيَ ٱلمَجْدُ وَٱلعَلْياءُ وَٱلمُلْكُ وَٱلثَّنَا |
Mālik said:
Then he turned and left, weeping. The pilgrimage months arrived, and I set out for Mecca. While I was in the Sacred Mosque, I saw a circle of people around a young man who had thrown himself down and had interrupted the pilgrims in their circumambulation of the Kaaba with his profuse weeping. I stopped with the others to look at him, and it was my former companion. I was glad to see him, so I greeted him and said, “Praise God who has exchanged your fear of Him with His protection and given you what you desired!” Then he began to recite, may God show him mercy:
Without fear,
they travelled safely to Khayf,
and when they alighted at Minā,
they attained their desires.
They had hopes,
so He gave them their desires
and protected them with His forgiveness,
completely free of indecency and obscenity.
The cupbearer of the folk
circled among them with wine,
and when they called out, “Who bears the cup?”
He said to them, “I do!”
“I am God, so call on Me,
for I am your Lord!
Mine are the glory and majesty,
the praise and sovereignty!”45
1.28.3
قال مالك: فقلتُ له: بٱلله أَطلِعني على أمرك كيف كان فقال: ما كان إلّا خيرًا. دعانى بفضله فأجبتُه وأعطاني منه كلّ ما طلبتُه وأنشأ يقول [الطويل]:
| ولَمَّا دَعَانِي قُلْتُ أَهْلًا وَمَرْحَبَا | بِوَصْلِكَ ما أَحْلَى هَوَاكَ وَأَعْذَبَا |
| وحَقِّكَ أَنْتَ ٱلقَصْدُ وَٱلسُّؤلُ وَٱلمُنا | وَإنْ لامَنِي فيكَ ٱلعَذُولُ وَأَطْنَبَا |
| فَقَلْبيَ ما اشْتَاقَ ٱلأراكَ لِأجْلِهِ | وَلا أَرْضَ نَعْمانٍ وَلا خَيفَ مَع قُبا |
