The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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[ The state of disavowal and the state of the lawsuit ]

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If the servant had not claimed the ability to perform actions and independence in them, God would never have sent down an obligation or a law. This is why the believer’s share of this claim is that he says, “And You do we seek help.” And he said, “In our right and the right of people like us who disavowed the actions whose existence is apparent from him, say, ‘There is no power nor strength except in God.’” The Most High, the Great, is too great to participate in it, for it is purely His. So how many situations are there between disavowal and claim? The claimant is required to prove his claim, while the acquitter is not required to do so. Do not say that repudiation is a claim, for repudiation does not leave anything behind. Accordingly, the name of the acquitter is used while we are speaking about the verified matter, for this is our book, rather our entire speech. Its basis is in speaking about matters as they are in themselves, and disavowal is a negative divine attribute, and


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