The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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[ Dread has three faces ]

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Dread among the people is said in terms of three aspects: dread of the fulfillment of the promise, dread of the overturning of knowledge, and dread of the fulfillment of the command of precedence. The first is that if the threat comes by way of news and the news is not included in abrogation, then it is established. The second is the overturning of knowledge, so God erases what He wills and confirms it, and the third is what changes the statement in my opinion. As for Absolute fear without restriction to any specific matter is every fear that causes the servant to be careful not to adhere to the limits of what has been prescribed for him, whether it is a divinely legislated rule or a divine ruling, as God Almighty said, and monasticism they invented, that is, they legislated it for themselves, as long as we imposed it on them in the beginning, so he considered it the truth and held them to not observe it, for God did not write it down. On them, except to seek the pleasure of God,


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