The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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[ Whose eyes sleep but whose heart does not sleep ]

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So they made staying up late one of the pillars of standing, which is one of the attributes of the eternal, and their verse is from the Book of God Almighty, Lady, that is, the Qur’an, God: There is no god but He, the Ever-Living, the Ever-Subsisting. Neither year nor sleep can overtake Him, according to the Almighty’s saying, and memorizing them does not lead to it, and He is the Most High, the Great, so look. How amazing is this verse and this characteristic What is meant by faces is us, and what is meant by faces is our realities, since the face of a thing is its reality, and God Almighty said, “And faces” meant the Ever-Living, the Ever-Subsisting, and He said, “Everything is perishing except His face.” So if the servant does not preserve his inner self by staying awake in his heart, just as he preserves his apparent self by staying awake with his eyes, even if he is asleep, then he will be among those whose eyes sleep and whose heart does not sleep. And he memorizes others by


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