THE EFFECT OF ALLAH’S LOVE on A YOUNG GIRL Once while wandering on Mount Muqtam, Hadhrat Zunnun Misri (rahmatullahi alayh) heard a voice brimming with sorrow. When he went in that direction, he soon came upon a girl sitting on a rock. He greeted her. After responding to his Salaam, she said: "O Zunnun! What business do you have with mad people?" Zunnun: "Are you truly mad?" Girl: "If I was not mad, why would people say so?" Zunnun: "What has driven you to insanity?" Girl: "Zunnun! His Love has made me mad. His Shauq (yearning) has thrown me in bewilderment. The search for Him has plunged me in burning desire and restlessness. Muhabbat (Love) is in the qalb; Shauq is in the fuaad and searching is in the sirr." Zunnun: "Girl! Is the fuaad something apart from the heart?" Girl: "Yes! Fuaad is the noor of the qalb, and sirr is the noor of the fuaad. The qalb loves; the fuaad yearns; and the sirr gains (the love)." Zunnun: "What does the sirr gain?" Girl: "It gains The Haqq (i.e. Allah Ta`ala)." Zunnun: "How does it obtain The Haqq?" Girl: "Zunnun! The obtainal of Haqq is without form. It is beyond description." Zunnun: "What evidence is there in your claim of having obtained The Haqq?" The girl broke down sobbing so much that she became unconscious. When she became conscious, she sighed with sorrow and grief. She recited some heart-rending poetry. She let out a chilling shriek and exclaimed: "Look! Truthful people depart in this way." She fell down unconscious. When Zunnun went to inspect, he discovered that she had died. Zunnun continues: "I looked for something to dig the grave for her. Suddenly I saw that her body had disappeared. May Allah’s Rahmat be on her." |
