And generosity, in his understanding, was never limited to material giving. It is: to give presence, to give forgiveness, to give attention, to give mercy.
Many who came after him wrote. Among them is Ibn al-Zayyat al-Tadili, who preserved the lives of saints in his At-Tashawwuf ila Rijal at-Tasawwuf. Through such works, we come to know Abu al-Abbas. But even there, what is written is only a shadow of what was lived.
So, my advice to all young people who wish to become poets is, do something easy, like learning how to blow up the world, unless you’re not only willing but glad to feel, work, and fight until you die.
The difference between servitude by obligation and servitude by love
You lived close to others without feeling crowded. You watched without staring. You listened without intruding. You learned to feel space even when space was narrow.
The Boy Who Never Left the MedinaThere was a boyWho walked the narrow veins of Fez?as if they were drawn for him alone.He did not hurry.He absorbed.Lavender in...
A Sufi master named Hamid Mernissi writes poems from his heart in moments of trance or innahilation.
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