The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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[ Seeking refuge from the four temptations ]

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As for seeking refuge from the torment of the grave, the grave is the first stage of the afterlife, so he asks God not to meet him in the first foot that He places him in the afterlife in his grave from the torment of his Lord. As for seeking refuge from the torment of Hell, it is seeking refuge from the distance, for Hell means far, bottomless, and the praying person is in a state of nearness, and he is near. From separation from this close state, he sought refuge in God, lest his separation be to a state of distance from God, but rather to closeness to another religious state. As for seeking refuge from the temptation of the Antichrist, it is due to what he shows in his claim of divinity, and what he imagines of supernatural matters, such as reviving the dead, and other things that have been proven in the narrations to be transmitted. He made this a sign for him on the truth of his claim, which is an extremely problematic issue because it discredits what the scholars of theology


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