The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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FUTMAK.COM الفتوحات المكية: الصفحة 506 من الجزء One

I had a taste in this scene, because I carried in my hand something contemptible, such that people would see that it was what my position in this world required, and it had an evil odor from this salty fish. So my companions imagined that I carried it as a struggle for myself, so that my position in their eyes would be higher than carrying something like that, and they said to my sheikh, “How short it is.” So-and-so in his struggle, so he said, “Let us ask him with what intention he carried it.” The sheikh asked me in the presence of the group and mentioned to me what they mentioned. I said to them, “You made a mistake in interpreting me. By God, I did not intend any of that. But I saw that God, in His great power, had not removed Himself from creating such a thing, so He removed myself from carrying it.” The sheikh thanked me, and the companions marveled. And it is from this point. In fact, by God, it is my honor to carry it, for it is equivalent to the ability to find its essenc


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