The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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[ Truth is the doctrine of things, not their non-existence ]

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And the Truth, Glory be to Him, is the Creator of things, not their non-existence, because He is an agent, and the agent is the one who does something, for nothing is an object. And if things were removed from one place, they would have existence in another place. For the universe from which coming together and separating does not indicate the absence of entities, for death is a departure, not annihilation. It is a transition from this world to the afterlife, the beginning of which is the barzakh. Since departure is one of the attributes of truth and not death, as God Almighty said: If He wills, He may take you away, O people, and bring others, and He did not say that He will execute you. Therefore, He did not make the hunger of fasting the hunger of destroying the soul, even if it is departure, not death, and that is because death penalty is not valid for this existing person. Because the one who is characterized by existence is the truth that is apparent in the essence of appear


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