The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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[ Al-Qayyumiya belongs to God according to what his essence gives him, and to the servant according to what his essence gives him ]

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FUTMAK.COM الفتوحات المكية: الصفحة 182 من الجزء Two

This station is called the Maqam al-Qayyumiyah, and our companions disagreed about whether it is created by it or not. I met Abu Abdullah bin Junaid, one of the sheikhs of the sect, from the people of Qabrfiq, from the works of Randa, and he was a Mu’tazilite sect. I saw him prohibiting the creation of Qayyumiyah, so I rejected him from his school of thought, for he used to say that deeds are created for the servants. When He returned to our statement and I explained to him the meaning of God Almighty’s saying: “Men are the guardians of women.” He confirmed that they had a degree in the Qayyumiyah, and he had come to visit us. When he returned to his country, I went to visit him in his country, and I converted him and all his companions from his doctrine of creating actions. He thanked God for that, may God have mercy on him, so imagine someone who has no knowledge. He has the facts that it is one of the properties of the Real, and there is no difference for us between it and all


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