My abysmal fascination with Maodo (by El Hadj Ndary GUEYE)
El Hadj Malick Sy, is a refuge, a majestic tree, so large, so shady, attracting with its beauty, its wisdom, its virtues, that we are seized by an irrepressible desire to nestle in the foliage. Which brings to mind a destitute person, an orphan seeking shelter and tenderness.
Barely installed, another layer of happiness, beyond reality and abundant foliage, falls. There are fruits hanging and milk from the tree oozing and in my imagination, a taste of heavenly drinks.
But still, I feel in my immersion, in this weightless sanctuary, idyllic escapes, good vintages of peace, substrate of a happy world.
I am thus in bliss, nestled in a world of light, of purity, of ingredients, so precious, consubstantial with beauty, with poetry.
El Hadj Malick Sy, is a daily meal, with a taste that is always, inimitable, eternal.
But still, it is a love, a force of nature, loving, irresistible.
The man with the sun visor, with the luminous forehead, is beautiful in every way, captivating, fascinating by the halo of divine light around him. A sign of men connected with the Lord, with a brilliance as dazzling as the day before. Which enlightens the lost like me. It is the shepherd’s bell.
The path is so sure at his side, Maodo, is this guide, this wise watcher on the top of many mounds. It is to better see his family to show them the way.
Maodo has as his muse only the Pearl of Perfection, Seydina Muhammad psl, being his shadow, absolutely one with the sunnah, his viaticum before following the other reference, guardian of the legacy, his Master, depositary of the taricha Tijania, Seydina Aboul Abass Ahmed Tijani.
Maodo found his happiness in this path, his holy grail as a disciple, model and then as a missionary, chosen before his time to perpetuate the legacy.
But how can we transmit the quintessence of the Holy Book, the divine message, that of the Tarikha with so many values, integrity, authenticity, purity, and what’s more, with a literary dimension like no other?
It is the providential side, the baraka, the esoteric aspect, the exceptional character of certain creatures, whom God inspires, has chosen as soldiers at the front.
Maodo had the literary charisma, the intellectual height of the greats of this world. His spirituality had a base and it was his immense recognized culture, his status as an outstanding intellectual, as described in the national archives.
Maodo is the only appointed relay of Tijania transmitted by Cheikh Oumar Foutiyou.
I’m also going to tell you that Maodo hides Seydi El Hadj Malicky Sy, if not vice versa.
Regardless of the fusional aspect, we have this inseparable Maodo-Malick pair, which makes us travel in time and space, which makes us shudder with ineffable happiness at each zikr, at each chanting of Salatoul Fatihi and Djawharatoul Kamal.
I will never sober up from Khilassou Zahab, much less from Mimiya, from this nectar, from this grace which runs through my veins.
I will be until the end of time in the shadow of the Great, of so dear Maodo, and for eternity, by the grace of the Lord, at spiritual altitude.
El Hadj Ndary GUEYE
Journalist-consultant-essayist
Discipline of Maodo
