Inspiring quotes from the Meccan Revelations (... more)
[ The example of one who enters into the truth through his lordship and the example of one who enters into it through his servitude ]
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So the example of one who enters that exalted state due to his lordship is like one who enters with a burning lamp, and the example of one who enters with his servitude is like one who enters with a wick in which there is no light or with a handful of hashish in which there is an unburned fire. So when they entered with this state, a breath from the Most Merciful descended upon them, and for that blow, the lamp was extinguished, and the hashish caught fire, and a companion came out. The lamp is in darkness, and the owner of the hashish goes out in light to be illuminated, so look at what he has given him readiness. Everyone fleeing from there is only afraid for his lamp to be extinguished. He is afraid for his lordship that it will disappear, so he flees to the place of its appearance. But he does not leave unless his lamp is extinguished, even if he goes out with it burning as he entered and does not affect it. That is the rise to truly claim divinity, but it is from God’s protec


