Tasawuf | Puisi Ibn ‘Arabī | The Theophany of Perfection

Islam banyak menghasilkan guru tasawuf terkemuka, salah satunya adalah Ibn ‘Arabī. Beliau dikenal lantaran gagasanya yang kelak disebut para muridnya sebagai wahdat al-wujūd. Ibn ‘Arabī, selain menulis uraian pemikirannya melalui risalah dan kitab, beliau juga turut menuangkannya melalui puisi. Salah satu puisi indahnya sudah diterjemahkan ke dalam bahasa Inggris, berjudul The Theophany of Perfection. Buat seseorang yang merasa bahwa sudah berputus asa dalam menggapai Rahmat Tuhan, saya sarankan membaca puisi ini; buat orang yang sudah merasa saleh, juga saya sarankan membaca puisi, barangkali ada manfaat yang bisa dipetik. O, iya, selain teks puisinya akan saya lampirkan di bawah, ada juga video-musik atas puisi ini. Silakan disimak di sini videonya. O, iya, buat yang pengin membaca salah satu kitab yang berjudul Syajarat al-Kawn dalam bahasa Indonesia atau Arab silakan lihat tulisan sebelumnya dalam blog ini yang berjudul Tasawuf | Ibn ‘Arabī | Download Buku Syajarat al-Kawn (Arab dan Indonesia).

The Theophany of Perfection

Listen, O dearly beloved!

I am the reality of the world, the centre of the circumference,

I am the parts and the whole.

I am the will established between Heaven and Earth,

I have created perception in you only in order to be the object of My Perception.

If then you perceive Me, you perceive yourself.

But you cannot perceive Me through yourself.

It is through My Eyes that you see Me and see yourself,

Through your eyes you cannot see Me.

Dearly beloved!

I have called you so often and you have not heard Me.

I have shown Myself to you so often and you have not seen Me.

I have made Myself fragrance so often, and you have not smelled Me,

Savorous food, and you have not tasted Me.

Why can you not reach Me through the object you touch

Or breathe Me through sweet perfumes?

Why do you not see Me?  Why do you not hear Me?

Why? Why? Why?

For you My delights surpass all other delights,

And the pleasure I procure you surpasses all other pleasures.

For you I am preferable to all other good things,

I am Beauty, I am Grace.

Love Me, love Me alone.

Love yourself in Me, in Me alone.

Attach yourself to Me,

No one is more inward than I.

Others love you for their own sakes,

I love you for yourself.

And you, you flee from Me.

Dearly beloved!

You cannot treat Me fairly,

For if you approach Me, 

It is because I have approached you.

I am nearer to you than yourself,

Than your soul, than your breath.

Who among creatures

Would treat you as I do?

I am jealous of you, over you,

I want you to belong to no other,

Not even to yourself.

Be Mine, be for Me as you are in Me,

Though you are not even aware of it.

Dearly beloved!

Let us go toward Union.

And if we find the road

That leads to separation,

We will destroy separation.

Let us go hand in hand.

Let us enter the presence of Truth.

Let It be our judge

And imprint Its seal upon our union

For ever.

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