The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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The mind, because it is beyond its phase, which is the divine lineage, was not accepted by his scale, and he threw it away and disbelieved in it, and imagined that there is no truth except what entered into its scale. The jurist and jurist weighed the ruling of the Sharia with the scale of his view, like the Shafi’i school of thought, for example, he wanted to weigh with his scale the analysis of wine that was accepted by Abu Hanifa’s scale, so he threw it away with it. Al-Shafi’i’s balance, so he forbade it and said, “Abu Hanifa made a mistake, and the Shafi’i school of thought, for example, should not have said something like this without restriction, and he knew that the Sharia has worshiped every diligent person according to what his diligence has led him to, and it has forbidden him to abandon his evidence, so he did not do justice to the workmanship, and he erred in the general balance that includes the rule of Sharia in general, and it is Which the scholars of Sharia have r

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Know that the origin of this divine knowledge is the station to which the knowers conclude, which is that there is no station, as indicated by the Almighty’s saying, “O people of Yathrib, there is no station for you.” This station is not restricted to a description at all. Abu Yazid al-Bistami, may God have mercy on him, pointed out this when he was told, “How did you become?” He said, “There is neither morning nor evening for me. Rather, morning and evening are for those who adhere to the attribute, and I do not have an attribute. Morning is for sunrise, evening is for sunset, sunrise is for appearance, the world of dominion and testimony, and sunset is for concealment, and the world of the unseen and the kingdom. So the knower in this station is like the blessed olive tree, which is neither eastern nor western, so no description is imposed on this station nor is it restricted. With it, and it is his share, there is nothing like it, and Glory be to your Lord, Lord of glory above

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