Water, Air, Fire, Earth

 

Ibn al-Fāriḍ

 

Translation:

Purity but not water, Subtlety but not air

Light but not fire, spirit but not body

Original:

صفاءٌ، ولا ماءٌ، ولُطْفٌ، ولاهَواً،

ونورٌ ولا نارٌ وروحٌ ولا جسمُ

 

 

Dattatreya

Translation:

Neither space nor air is the Reality;
Neither earth nor fire is the Reality.
If there’s only the limitless One, all is Shiva.
Which, then is the cloud, and which is the rain?

Original:

गगनं पवनो न हि सत्यमिति
धरणी दहनो न हि सत्यमिति ।
यदि चैकनिरन्तरसर्वशिवं
जलदश्च कथं सलिलं च कथम्

Avadhuta Gita
Chapter 6, Verse 9

Ibn ‘Ajībah

In speaking of the Sufi, they have invoked the similitude of the four elements upon which the physical world is based: air, earth, water, and fire, also known as the four natures, and mentioned by Ibn Sina in the verses

What Hippocrates said of them was sound:

They are fire, water, earth, and wind

 

All four of these can be found in the nature of the Sufi.

al-futūḥāt al-ilāhiyyah fī sharḥ al-mubāḥith al-aṣliyyah

Emir ‘Abd al-Qadir

Translation:

I am God, I am the creature

I am the Lord, I am the servant

I am the Throne, I am the carpet

I am water, I am fire

I am wind, I am earth

I am quantity, I am quality

I am finding, I am losing

I am essence, I am attribute

I am nearness, I am distance

All existence is my existence

I am only, I am unique

 

Original:

أنا حق أنا خلق             أنا رب أنا عبد

أنا عرش أنا فرش         و جحيم أنا خلد

أنا ماء أنا نار             و هواء أنا صلد

أنا كم أنا كيف              أنا وجد أنا فقد

أنا ذات أنا وصف         أنا قرب أنا بعد

كل كون ذاك كوني       أنا وحدي أنا فرد