بخش 73 - شنیدن شیخ ابوالحسن رضی الله عنه خبر دادن ابویزید را و بود او و احوال او

It came to pass just as he (Báyazíd) had said. Bu ’l-Hasan heard from the people that (prediction),

(Namely), “Hasan will be my disciple and my true follower (umma), and will receive lessons from my tomb at every dawn.”

He (Abu ’l-Hasan) said, “I have also seen him in a dream and have heard this from the spirit of the Shaykh.”

Every dawn he would set his face towards the grave and stand (there) in attention till the forenoon,

And either the apparition of the Shaykh would come to him, or without anything spoken his difficulty would be solved,

Till one day he came auspiciously (to visit the grave): the graves were covered with new-fallen snow.

He saw the snows, wreath on wreath like flags, mound (piled) on mound; and his soul was grieved.

From the shrine of the (spiritually) living Shaykh came to him a cry, “Hark, I call thee that thou mayst run to me.

Hey, come quickly in this direction, towards my voice: if the world is (full of) snow, (yet) do not turn thy face away from me.”

From that day his (spiritual) state became excellent, and he saw (experienced) those wondrous things which at first he was (only) hearing (knowing by hearsay).