The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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[ If it were not for light, there would be no darkness ]

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Know that the light is hidden in the darkness, for if it were not for the light, the darkness would not exist, and he did not say, “We remove the light from it,” since if the light was taken from it, the existence of the darkness would not have ceased to exist if it had taken non-existence, and if it had taken a transition that would follow it where it moves, since it is the essence of itself, and the day is from some lights generated by sunrise. If the sun did not have its own light, it would not be valid for it to be an envelope of daylight, nor would it be valid for it to be perceived while it is perceived, and a thing would not be perceived if there was no light in it by which it would be perceived from itself, which is the same as its existence and its readiness to accept the perception of sight with the lights it contains, and perception is usually limited to the eye. But perception in itself is only for everything, for everything is perceived by itself and by everything. Do


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