The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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[ Pure, purifying knowledge ]

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Knowledge is pure and purified, especially the knowledge that is the product of piety. Other types of knowledge, even if they are pure and purifying, are not as powerful as this knowledge that we are referring to. The fear with which stones are described is what led them to fall, and humility is part of the elevation that God has given, for it is because He described it. By falling, we learned that the stones in the mountains He means, and the mountains, are the pegs in which God settled the earth’s midden. When He made them pegs, He made them inherit that, and the height was proud of their position. So these stones descended, falling, out of fear of God, when they heard God say, “This is the home of the Hereafter, We will assign it to those who do not desire elevation in the earth, nor corruption, and the outcome is punishment.” Piety and will It is one of the characteristics of hearts, so it descended from its height, even if it was with its Lord, descending out of fear of God,


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