Qoshairi Manifest
Chapter 3
Serr (Divine Observatory)
Probably Serr is something,
within human beings, immensely
elegant and refined similar to soul. Fundamentally it is a place of
observation
as the soul is a place of loving (Mahab-bat) and the heart (and mind)
is a
place of cognizance (Mar’refat).
Some said you have no
privilege whatsoever over the Serr and
secrets of Serr are unknown to you and known only by Allah
Almighty.
Some also believe that Serr is
more refined and elegant
than soul and soul is nobler than heart.
It has been said that Serr(s)
are free from bondage to
anything and Serr is what has been concealed between the slave and
Allah.
Therefore some have said Serr(s) is virgin and untouched and no one can
reach
it through thinking or pondering. (Though it is within us somehow)
Some said the heart of a truly
free person is the graveyard
of Serr(s) (secrets). And others said if my shirt's button comes to
know a Serr
it would fall of.
End.
Often in Sufi manuscripts
there is a phrase after the name
of a late Sufi sage as following:
“Qadosal-Laho Serro-hoo”
‘Qados’ means to sanctify (to
make pure from sins and guilt)
or to hold venerated and revered. ‘Serro-hoo’ means his Serr. (‘Laho’
is
connected to previous ‘al’, which is Allah)
I suspect that this ancient
term (eulogy) means:
“May Allah keep his Divine
Observation (of secrets) pure
from sins and mistake”
Allah knows best.
Background: Chandra X-Ray
Satellite
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Dara O. Shayda
