The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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[ Prophecies are all gifted sciences, not acquired ones ]

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All prophecies are bestowed sciences, because prophecy is not acquired. All of the laws are bestowed sciences according to the people of Islam, who are its people. By acquired sciences, I mean what the servant has in it to work, just as what is bestowed is what the servant does not have in it to work. Rather, we said this for the sake of the preparations that made the world accept this. Wahbi and acquired knowledge, for it is necessary to be prepared. If there are some preparations that a person works to acquire, then the knowledge obtained from them is acquired, such as someone who worked on what he knew and God bequeathed to him knowledge of what he did not know and the like. The laws are all Wahbi sciences, and whoever acquires knowledge is gifted with what is not Islamic law, a small group of saints. Among them is Al-Khidr on the designation, for he said from Himself, and by what we know of the prophets, peace be upon them, Adam, Elias, Zechariah, Yahya, Jesus, Idris, and Ishm


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