Inspiring quotes from the Meccan Revelations (... more)
[ The reference to the House is a sign to you of yourself ]
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Then it refers to the House, which is like you and of your kind. I mean that it is created, so its meaning to you about the House is its meaning to you about yourself, in his saying, “Whoever knows himself knows his Lord,” so if you go to the House, you go to yourself, so if you reach yourself, you know who you are, and if you know who you are, you know your Lord. Then you will know whether you are him or not him, for there you will obtain correct knowledge, for the evidence may be contrary to the signified, or it may be the same as the signified, for nothing is more evidence of the thing than itself. Then the evidence is distanced according to the distance of the occasion, for the human being is the closest evidence to him than the fact that he was created according to Image: This is why he called you from a relative because of the imminence of the occasion. He said, “I am near. I respond to the call of the supplicant when he calls upon you.” And God has heard the words of the wo