And know that whoever smells the scent of knowledge of God does not say why he did such-and-such and why he did such-and-such, and how can someone who knows God say why he did such-and-such when he knows that He is the cause that necessitated everything that appeared and what appears and what came before and what was delayed and what was arranged for its own sake, for it is the same cause, so there is no cause. There is no other than Him, Glory be to Him, the Most High, beyond what the oppressors say. He is very high, for His will is the Throne of His Essence. This is what Abu Talib al-Makki said: If you understand, then it is opened to you in the knowledge of the lineage of the divine names that appeared by the appearance of the divine manifestations in the essence of possible things, and they varied, were naturalized, and were individualized. Every people knew their place of drinking, and every one knew his prayers and glorifications, so he caused it. The appearance of every rul