M6:2313 — لیک حق اصحابنا اصحاب را / در گشاد و برد تا صدر سرا

Translation: But God, for His companions, His true companions, opened the way and led them to the high seat of the sanctuary. Meaning: This verse asserts that God bypasses conventional means and apparent causes for His chosen saints and companions, directly leading them to the highest station of proximity and honor.

This verse follows Mowlana's assertion: "The eye-blinder of creation is nothing but causes / Whoever trembles before a cause is not among the companions [of God]." This is the core backdrop: the main cause of human spiritual blindness and narrow vision is attachment to apparent causes and effects. Whoever quakes before the chain of causality and surrenders to the superficial logic of causation is not among God's true companions. In the present verse, Mowlana draws a sharp distinction between these common people and the true 'Companions.' "Līk ḥaqq aṣḥābnā aṣḥāb rā" – here, 'ḥaqq' refers to God Himself, and 'aṣḥābnā aṣḥāb' points to those chosen, arrived companions who have been freed from the 'eye-blinder of causes.' For this select group, God Himself takes action: "Dar goshād-o bord tā ṣadr-i sarā." This means that for them, doors are opened; the hand of causality and means-making is set aside. They are taken directly, without intermediary or pretense, past a thousand veils and obstacles of causality, to the 'ṣadr-i sarā' – to the highest seat, the center of existence, the realm of His proximity and presence. This is where the miracle occurs, not as a disruption of the cosmic order, but as a manifestation of the boundless power of Truth. This perspective stands in stark contrast to the views of philosophers and even some Mu'tazilite theologians who adhered to the necessity of causality, seemingly confining God's direct intervention in the world. Mowlana connects this to the Jewish saying in the Holy Quran: "Yad Allāh maghlūlah" (The hand of God is tied). But the Quran's and Masnavi's answer is unequivocal: "Bal yadāhu mabsūṭatān" (Rather, His hands are wide open). God's disposition in the world is like the soul's disposition in our body; the soul does not violate the laws of physiology and biochemistry, yet it moves the body to action and can even influence its illness or recovery. Similarly, God, without contravening the world's order, is capable of direct and unmediated intervention. Mowlana elsewhere (in the story of Pharaoh's magicians) offers a brilliant illustration of this 'handless and footless' arrival: After converting to Moses' faith, the magicians, facing Pharaoh's threats, declare: "Lā ḍayr, innā ilā Rabbinā munqalibūn" (No harm, we are returning to our Lord). They were freed from this world and its attachments, reaching a station where Mowlana describes them: "Kaf-zanān būdand bī īn dast o pā" (They were clapping without these hands and feet). This 'handless and footless' state, and 'clapping' despite lacking hands, is the pinnacle of liberation from apparent means, made possible by God's intervention, leading them to the 'ṣadr-i sarā' without any mediation. This kind of arrival is not based on merit or justice, but on divine, infinite generosity and bounty, for "Dar 'adam mā mustaḥiqqān kay būdīm?" (In non-existence, when were we deserving?). We did not exist to deserve anything; all blessings come from His sheer generosity.

Key takeaways

• For God's chosen companions, the chains of causality are lifted, granting them unmediated proximity to the Divine.
• Mowlana asserts God's absolute power, free from the confines of conventional causes, challenging deterministic views of causality.
• The spiritual journey of the enlightened is to reach the 'highest sanctuary' 'without hands or feet,' transcending apparent means to pure Divine presence.
• This opening of the path and attainment of the highest station is not based on merit or deeds, but solely on God's boundless generosity and grace.
• The story of Pharaoh's magicians serves as an archetype of spiritual transformation that liberates humans from the captivity of causes, surrendering them to God's power.