The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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FUTMAK.COM الفتوحات المكية: الصفحة 329 من الجزء One

I entered upon our sheikh, Abu Abbas al-Araibi, one of the people of Al-Ulayyah, and he was reckless in mentioning the name God does not add anything to it. So I said to him, “Sir, why don’t you say there is no god but God?” He said to me, “My son, the breaths are in the hands of God, they are not in my hands. I fear that God will take my soul when I say this.” No to him, so I was caught in the desolation of denial, and I asked another of our sheikhs about that, and he said to me, “My eyes have not seen, nor have my ears heard, anyone who says, ‘I am God other than God.’ I did not find anyone who denied it, so I say as I heard him say, ‘God, God.’ But we worshiped this name in monotheism because it is the comprehensive name used to refer to all the divine names and what has been transmitted.” It occurred from one of the worshiped people in Him, unlike other names, such as God and others, and with this amount of saying, if the Lawgiver’s statement is said, faith is proven. Rather,


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