The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

Inspiring quotes from the Meccan Revelations (... more)

In knowing the abode of secrets, I came into contact in the presence of mercy with the one whose position and condition are hidden in the universe

(Check the original text in Arabic ...)


FUTMAK.COM الفتوحات المكية: الصفحة 315 من الجزء Three

Given that it is one, the entire universe is a body and a spirit through which existence was established. The world is to the Real as the body is to the spirit, and just as the spirit is not known except from the body, when we look at it and see its form while it remains, the rulings that we used to observe from the body and its form from the perception of sensible objects and meanings disappear from it, so we know that behind the apparent body is Another meaning is the one that gave him the rulings on perceptions in it, so we called that meaning the spirit of this body. Likewise, we did not know that we have something that moves us, calms us, and rules over us as it pleases, until we looked into our souls. When we knew our souls, we recognized our Lord, shoe by shoe, and for this He told in the revelation .

With his saying, “Whoever knows himself knows his Lord”

And in the divine revelation, “We will show them Our signs on the horizons and within themselves unti


---

(... Another Random Quote)

Search in Futuhat Quotes



Please note that some contents are translated from Arabic Semi-Automatically!