Inspiring quotes from the Meccan Revelations (... more)
[ Evidence of the second Jamrah to know the Presence of Attributes ]
(Check the original text in Arabic ...)


Then we came to the second, which is the presence of moral attributes, and he said to you, “We acknowledge that there is a self that is preponderant of the possible. So whoever says that this self knows what is revealed from it, then we throw at him the first pebble if this is the first thought that occurred to this moral pilgrim, and it may occur to him to challenge another attribute first.” So he attributes it according to what comes to his mind to the completion of seven attributes, which are life, ability, will, knowledge, hearing, sight, and speech. Some of our companions do not stipulate these three, meaning hearing, sight, and speech, in rational evidence, but receive them from hearing if it is proven, and replace them with three others, which are knowledge of what is obligatory for him, what is permissible for him, and what is impossible for him, with The four, which are power, will, knowledge, and life. These are seven sciences, and the devil’s mind is led to suspect each