The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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[ The beloved is near ]

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And from that beloved is close. He said, “The beloved is close to love because he is the one who clings to him, not to the lover. Love does not travel far and indecent distances.” Nor are the honorable mentions whose rulings do not rise from the closeness of love to the beloved, and the lover may or may not have closeness to the beloved, so love is close to The lover is close to the beloved because of his attachment to him, for he has no attachment to anything other than his beloved, for he is alone with him, and the lover is a follower of love because he performs it, and the beloved is not a follower of the lover’s love, even if he is attached to it, but rather he is with what he does. If the lover’s love performs it, he loves him, so the lover is returned as a beloved, then the request is valid from both parties. An obstacle unless it is from outside or from the impossible, that is, the facts do not give connection. Whoever knows love knows how to love. Our Sheikh was looking fo


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