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« way to approach God (iqbāl ʿalā’Llāh) is through leaving behind the world and what it contains, for certainly that is what distracts [you] from God. Take note of how the hypocrites excused themselves by saying: ‘Our poss… »
« His words, Exalted is He: [10:2] …And give good tidings to those who believe that they have a sure footing with their Lord… He [Sahl] said: This refers to the preordained mercy that was deposited in Muḥammad . His words… »
« [34:39] ‘…and whatever thing you may expend [for good] He will replace it...’ He said: There will be a replacement (khalaf) of what has been spent, along with the intimacy (uns) of living with God (ʿaysh maʿa’Llāh), Exal… »
« the first veil is his intellect (ʿaql), the second his knowledge (ʿilm), the third his heart (qalb), the fourth his fear (khashiya), the fifth his self (nafs), the sixth his wish (irāda) and the seventh his will (mashīʾa… »
« the tree (the Qurʾān does not, like the Bible, specify that it is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil), and Tustarī’s words appear to be an allusion to 20:115: And We made a covenant with Adam before, but he forgo… »
« than Him], that is to say, it is [also] acquiescing (sukūn) [in other than Him].47 46 Again, this recalls the teaching imparted to Tustarī by his uncle. See above, IT, p. xv. 47 Note that Tustarī is here using the term… »
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« like those of predatory beasts.’ Their likeness had never been seen before that day nor has it been seen since. They proceeded to pelt them [the Men of the Elephant] with stones to infect their skin with smallpox. This w… »
« 12:86 97–8, 192 n4 7:172 xxxi–ii, xxxv, 9:111 75–8 9:112 74, 85 12:87 98 l, 85–6 12:88 97 7:176 78 9:118 84 and n9 12:101 98, 154 7:180 78 9:122 86–7 12:106 98 7:182 78–9 10:1 12 12:108 98–9 7:185 79 10:2 88 13:1 12 7:18… »
« His words, Exalted is He: [98:5] And they were only commanded to worship God, devoting religion purely to Him He said: All knowledge is concerned with acts (ḥarakāt),1 until the person attains sincerity (ikhlāṣ). Then wh… »
« His words: [46:30] ‘…It guides to the truth and a straight way.’ 3 He said: That is, it shows the path of truth, [as that] by which one leaves dealings (muʿāmalāt) and formalities (rusūmāt) behind, [and endeavours] to re… »
« the seventh, trust (tawakkul). Furthermore, this writing is the work of God (fiʿl Allāh), not the work of the servant (fiʿl al-ʿabd). The work of the servant with regard to faith is in the outward aspect of Islam, and wh… »
« His words, Exalted is He: [48:29] …The mark is on their faces, from the effect of their prostrations… He said: The believer (muʾmin) in God is a face without a reverse side, [since he is] advancing towards Him without ev… »
« 14 i.e. the Hereafter. This verse refers to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, who are mentioned in the previous verse. 169 38 Ṣād He said: He purified Abraham, Ishmael and Isaac from the remembrance (dhikr) of this world through… »
« Qushayrī, Laṭāʾif al-ishārāt, pp. 56–7. The passage is discussed in A. Keeler, ‘Sufi tafsīr as a Mirror: Qushayrī the murshid in his Laṭāʾif al-ishārāt’, pp. 4–5. »
« ence] on all save God. Therefore, whoever observes these codes of conduct in mindfulness of God is deserving of forgiveness. 1 Probably a simple woollen cloak, which would also have been called an anbijāniyya, indicating… »
« the Hereafter. 3 Through His pre-eternal decree — Böwering translates this as ‘He foreordained some…’ 4 Al-Ṣiddīq (‘the Veracious’) is the honorary title which was conferred on Abū Bakr, the first caliph, and al-Fārūq (‘… »
« or the divine law (sharʿ), and [boldness] in servitude to the practice of the people of the Fire. [2:102] …But they could not thus harm anyone except by God’s permission… That is, save that it be in God’s prior knowledge… »
« His words, Exalted is He: [17:13] And We have attached every person’s omen to his neck… He said: [This means] his action[s],3 that is, of whatever came to be of good or evil. His words: [17:14] Read your record! This day… »
« which God, Exalted is He, had preordained. Thus the end of the situation was as the Prophet foretold when he said: ‘Truly passion and desire overwhelm knowledge and intellect’.35 [2:37] Thereafter Adam received certain… »
« God according to His words: and made binding on them the promise to be mindful of Him. His words: [48:27] …You will assuredly enter the Sacred Mosque in safety, God willing… He was asked, ‘What is meant by making this… »
« astray and misled [others]. Then he said: Following (ittibāʿ) [is the key], following! Emulation (iqtidāʾ) [is the key], emulation! For sure, that was the way of the predecessors (salaf). He who follows [their guidance]… »
« literature it came also to symbolise the end of the spiritual journey, as for example, in the epic poem of Farīd al-Dīn ʿAṭṭār, Manṭiq al-ṭayr, and the mystical-philosophical treatise of Shihāb al-Dīn Yaḥyā Suhrawardī, Q… »
« 3 Thus Tustarī seems to be understanding two forms of revelation, one outer, taking the form of the revealed books delivered by the angels to prophets, and one inner, ‘hidden (khafiyy)’ revelation, which through inspirat… »