Pleasure of the Servant
He (the dervish) said, “This at least is evident to the vulgar, that the world is subject to the
command of God.
No leaf drops from a tree without the predestination and ordainment of that Ruler of Fortune.
No morsel goes from the mouth towards the gullet till God says to that morsel, ‘Enter!’
The inclination and desire which is Man's nose-rein—its movement is subject to the command of that Self-sufficient One.
In (all) the earths and heavens not an atom moves a wing, not a straw turns, Save by His eternal and effectual command. To expound (this) is impossible, and presumption is not good. Who may number all the leaves of the trees? How may the Infinite become amenable to speech?
Hear this much, (however): since all action (in the universe) only comes to pass by the command of the Maker,
When the predestination of God becomes the pleasure of His servant, he (the servant) becomes a willing slave to His decree, Not (because of) tasking himself, and not on account of the (future) reward and recompense; nay, his nature has become so goodly.
He does not desire his life for himself nor to the end that he may enjoy the life that is found sweet (by others). Wheresoever the Eternal Command takes its course, living and dying are one to him.
He lives for God's sake, not for riches; he dies for God's sake, not from fear and pain. His faith is (held) for the sake of (doing) His will, not for the sake of Paradise and its trees and streams. His abandonment of infidelity is also for God's sake, not for fear lest he go into the Fire. That disposition of his is like this originally: it is not (acquired by) discipline or by his effort and endeavour. He laughs at the moment when he sees (the Divine) pleasure: to him Destiny is even as sugared sweetmeat.
The Masnawi Volume 3, 1910
No leaf drops from a tree without the predestination and ordainment of that Ruler of Fortune.
No morsel goes from the mouth towards the gullet till God says to that morsel, ‘Enter!’
The inclination and desire which is Man's nose-rein—its movement is subject to the command of that Self-sufficient One.
In (all) the earths and heavens not an atom moves a wing, not a straw turns, Save by His eternal and effectual command. To expound (this) is impossible, and presumption is not good. Who may number all the leaves of the trees? How may the Infinite become amenable to speech?
Hear this much, (however): since all action (in the universe) only comes to pass by the command of the Maker,
When the predestination of God becomes the pleasure of His servant, he (the servant) becomes a willing slave to His decree, Not (because of) tasking himself, and not on account of the (future) reward and recompense; nay, his nature has become so goodly.
He does not desire his life for himself nor to the end that he may enjoy the life that is found sweet (by others). Wheresoever the Eternal Command takes its course, living and dying are one to him.
He lives for God's sake, not for riches; he dies for God's sake, not from fear and pain. His faith is (held) for the sake of (doing) His will, not for the sake of Paradise and its trees and streams. His abandonment of infidelity is also for God's sake, not for fear lest he go into the Fire. That disposition of his is like this originally: it is not (acquired by) discipline or by his effort and endeavour. He laughs at the moment when he sees (the Divine) pleasure: to him Destiny is even as sugared sweetmeat.
The Masnawi Volume 3, 1910
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