The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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FUTMAK.COM الفتوحات المكية: الصفحة 463 من الجزء Two

So he tends to seek coldness in order to relieve the pain of heat that he finds, and to revive his soul with it, and the suffering that he is in is dried up, seeking moisture, so the Name the Sustainer looked for food with which he lives. It would be cold, to counteract the heat and its power, and it would be moist, so he would counteract the power of dryness, and he found water cold and moist, so He made all of it from it. A living thing in every type, classified as befits it. God Almighty said, “And We made from water every living thing.” Do they not believe, that is, believe in that? Rather, faith was linked to it because it is permissible to contradict it with reason, which is the opposite of reality, such that if it is overcome by something other than what has overcome it, then it must destroy it. That his life would be the opposite of what he was overcome by. Do you not see that if cold and wetness prevailed over him he would perish and would have no life except heat and dry


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