The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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[ The secret of the shadows prostrating in the morning and the evening ]

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FUTMAK.COM الفتوحات المكية: الصفحة 333 من الجزء Four

And from that is the secret of the shadows’ prostration in the morning and the evening from Chapter 27. The shadows refused to prostrate to the sun because of the honor it is of the soul, so they turned away in these times and extended, prostrating to Him in whose hand is the kingdom of the earth and the heavens, when those who claim to be empowered prostrated to them, and they worshiped those who claimed to be sober-minded, and when She saw the shadows seeking to see the sun shine upon them so that she could look at them. They shrunk and contracted, seeking their origin to show their virtue. The sun did not see them as an eye that they would enslave with their light due to their quick repulsion. Had it not been for the care of the origin, this virtue would not have been valid for them .


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