The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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Due to his shortcomings and lack of knowledge of what the worshiped God and the Truth deserve, he recognized this truth, which is worship, so sound minds accepted it from the judgment of their thoughts upon it with the quality of acceptance that it had when minds that were judged by their thoughts rejected it, and this is the knowledge that was asked of us. It is lawful for us to know our Lord by it and describe Him by it, not the knowledge with which we have proven Him, for that is what the mind is independent in understanding, and with regard to this knowledge it is descending, for it is proven by reason, and this is proven by divine information, and He is in every way more knowledgeable about Himself than we are about them .

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Generosity, giving after asking is a right and a good character, and generosity is giving before a question is a right, not a good character, so if it is attributed to good character, then it is in the sense that what the Truth asked of him is this matter that creation has appointed to designate. Rather, the Right has asked of him to volunteer charity and what he has appointed, so if the servant appoints a garment or a dirham or something. A dinar or whatever it was without him asking about it, then it is generosity in character. Rather, we said there is no character in that because he does not give in the form of closeness except with a divine definition, and that is why we said truly, not in character, and if the Sharia does not consider that, then giving before asking and not in the form of closeness exists in the world without Doubt, but the purpose of the Sufi is not to act except in a matter that is a matter of closeness and must be brought closer to him, so there is no excu

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And generosity is giving in proportion to what is needed, without more, for a benefit that the giver sees, because if it exceeds that, it may result in the doom of the giver. God Almighty said, “And if God had extended the provision to His servants, they would certainly have transgressed in the land.” But He sends down in proportion to what He wills, and altruism is giving what you need at the time, or an illusion. The need for it, God Almighty said, and they give preference to themselves, even if they are in poverty.

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Everything we mentioned regarding giving is charity towards the servant because he is innate to miserliness and miserliness. Just as the pain in the divine gifts from these eight categories is giving, which is giving for the sake of enjoyment and not for any other reason, he is the giver in truth in all types of his giving, just as the servant is a giver in charity. All His gifts, because they are not merely based on the purpose and seeking compensation for his intrinsic poverty. What is attributed to God by virtue of accident is attributed to the created being in essence, and what is attributed to the right in essence, such as wealth, is attributed to the created being by additional relative offer. Especially, the Almighty said to His Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, “Take from their wealth as charity,” meaning that which is difficult for them in their affairs. Their souls are given to them, and that is why Tha`labah ibn Hatib said, “This is the brotherhood of th

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What supports what we have mentioned is that the angels said, “Whoever created them, since they did not want good except for themselves, and their nature prevailed in that, about agreeing with the truth in what He wanted to manifest in the universe, who made Adam a caliph on earth,” then He informed them of that, but they did not agree with him, due to the rule of nature in greed for the highest ranks, then He concealed the rule of nature so that it would not be attributed to shortcomings from not agreeing with the truth. So he established for them a picture of jealousy on behalf of the truth and preference for his greatness, and they were astonished from glorifying him, since if they had sided with and what he should have of greatness, they would have agreed with him, and if they had rejected goodness, they said, “Will you place therein someone who will make corruption in it and shed blood while we praise Him?” With Your praise and we sanctify You, that is, we are more deserving

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This supports that the angels, as we have said, are under the rule of nature and that they have an influence on them. God Almighty said, “I had no knowledge of the highest assembly when they dispute, and the dispute is part of its ruling. It was reported that the angels of mercy and the angels of torment quarreled regarding the person who died between the two villages, so He described them as a dispute, even if it were not for that reason.” Its rank is below the soul and above vanity for the secret of its ruling. Whoever wants to understand the origin of this matter should look at the opposition of the divine names. From there this truth appeared in everyone, so they share with us in the rule of nature. Among its rules is miserliness and miserliness in those who are compounded of it. It is from the prohibiting name in the names and its cause in us is that poverty. Need is intrinsic to us and to every possible thing, and that is why the possible things lack what is probable due to

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