The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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[ Mercy takes precedence over knowledge ]

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Its owner is called Abd al-Wasi. The angels said, “Our Lord, You encompass all things in mercy and knowledge, so mercy was given precedence over knowledge because he loved to be known, and the lover seeks mercy for him. So the position of the divine lover was the first to be merciful, so he created creation, and he is the soul of the Most Merciful. And he said, “My mercy encompasses everything,” so he encompassed all things. The deceased, and then there is nothing but the deceased, and whoever has knowledge of a thing through taste and its condition, then he knows what is in it and what it requires of the ruling. The interpreter, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said that a believer is not complete until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.

And we have learned that He has perfection and that He is the believer and that the world is in His image. Brotherhood is established through image and faith because there is nothing but a believer who speaks of


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