The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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So he tends to seek coldness in order to relieve the pain of heat that he finds, and to revive his soul with it, and the suffering that he is in is dried up, seeking moisture, so the Name the Sustainer looked for food with which he lives. It would be cold, to counteract the heat and its power, and it would be moist, so he would counteract the power of dryness, and he found water cold and moist, so He made all of it from it. A living thing in every type, classified as befits it. God Almighty said, “And We made from water every living thing.” Do they not believe, that is, believe in that? Rather, faith was linked to it because it is permissible to contradict it with reason, which is the opposite of reality, such that if it is overcome by something other than what has overcome it, then it must destroy it. That his life would be the opposite of what he was overcome by. Do you not see that if cold and wetness prevailed over him he would perish and would have no life except heat and dry

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Then, sustenance is of two types in the scale placed in the world to establish justice, which is the law. One type is called forbidden and the other type is called permissible, which is the rest of God, the text of which is mentioned in the Qur’an. God Almighty said: “I abide by God is better for you if you are believers.” This is what remains for the believers from His saying, “He created.” You have all that is on the earth, and faith does not take place except according to the law. This saying came in the story of Shuaib, the owner of the scale and the measure. This is knowledge learned from the divine information, and the Provider is the one in whose hand is this key. So according to some scholars, God has provided everything that can be used for nourishment, whether it is permissible or forbidden, for God says, “And there is no living creature.” In the earth, except for God’s provision for it, and it is clear, there is no text. He said, “Then leave it to eat in God’s land, and

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