The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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It was recommended by a knowledgeable Muslim monk. While some knowledgeable people were visiting a monk in a hermitage on top of a mountain, he stopped by him and called him, “O monk.” The monk took his head out of his hermitage and said, “Who is that?” He said, “A man of your human race.” He said, “What do you want?” He said, “How is the way?” To God. The monk said, in opposition to his desires. He said, “How good is the provision?” He said, “Piety.” He said, “Why did I stay away from people and barricade myself in this hermitage?” He said, out of fear for my heart from their temptation, and out of fear for my mind, the confusion of their bad relations, and I sought relief for myself from the hardship of their orbits and the ugliness of their actions, and I made my dealings with my Lord, so I was relieved from them. He said So tell me, O one of the followers of Christ, how did you find your dealings with your Lord, and tell me the truth, and leave behind the embellishment of


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