The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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[ The purpose is the essence of the will ]

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Then know that the goal is the essence of the will, except that it is a will of the soul with which it loves and desires, so it is fixed, so it is called a goal. If the goal is the signal that the archers set for the fighter, and since the arrows from the archers aim at it and it is fixed and does not go away, the will that is in this position is called a goal because it is fixed in the soul of the one who stands. In order to love him for that matter, he does not care what people say about it for that reason, whether that purpose is praiseworthy or reprehensible, but they agreed that if it is said to have a psychological purpose and they attribute it to the soul, it will be reprehensible, and if this ascription is denied, it may be praiseworthy or it may be reprehensible, and for this reason the truth is described as having it. A will, but it is not characterized as having a purpose, because the predominant purpose to which blame is attached is attached to it, and it is an acciden


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