ISLAMIC MYSTICAL LITERATURE 673
are Muhammad, Ali, Fatima, Hasan,
and Husayn. They came from nothing. As it is written,
'Speak out that he is god, one sovereign god.
He did not father children, nor was he fathered;
there's none like him.'^33 Around believers' heads
these five lights swim around the throne of god.THE SPIRIT OF SPEECH SITS IN THE SEA
ON THE BRAIN
"The spirit of speech sits among them.^34 He is the god
of truth. He creates and appears in each name
and body, from the loftiest of summits
down to the profoundest depths. Jabir,
I said, the lord is spirit through his godliness
and sun through light. Through spirituality
he has been called the spirit of speech. He sits
in the white sea on the brain of the believers.
His is color of lightning, clouds, and moon.GOD'S FORM AND ATTRIBUTES
"Here is god's form. His right hand is retention
that comprehends and is the color of sun.
His left hand is the spirit of thought. From it
comes the full propagation of all light.
'No. Spreading his hands, he gives as he wishes,'^35
and this spirit is the color violet.
God's head is the grandest spirit composed
of all kinds of colors, a thousand of them.
There is nothing higher than he, neither
in heaven nor on earth. 'There is nothing
that might be his equal. He hears and sees.'^36
"His right eye is a huge spirit, the color
of white crystal. His left eye is the spirit- Qur'an sura 112.
- The following lines may be an addition to the text.
- Qur'an sura 5.
- Qur'an sura 42.