The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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[ The joy of the fasting person is his equal to the degree that he denies similarity ]

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And know that when he denied homosexuality from fasting, as was proven in the aforementioned hadith from Al-Nasa’i, and the truth is, “There is nothing like it,” the fasting person met his Lord, the Almighty, the Majestic, and it cannot be described. “There is nothing like it,” and he saw it, so he was the visible seer. That is why he, peace and blessings of God be upon him, said that he rejoiced in his fasting and did not say He rejoiced in meeting his Lord, for joy does not rejoice in itself, but rather rejoices in Him. And whoever’s sight was true when he saw and observed Him, he did not see himself except by seeing Him, so the joy of the fasting person corresponds to his rights to the degree of denying similarity, and his joy in breaking the fast in this world was in terms of conveying the right of the animal soul that seeks nourishment for itself. When the knower saw the lack of his animal self. Vegetarianism to Him, and He saw His generosity in the food that was brought to i


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