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disease was baffling and lasted almost two months, during which I was
skeptical though not in theory or outward expression. Allah finally cured me of
the malady; my being was restored to health and an even balance; the
obviousness of the intellect became accepted once more as I regained
confidence in its certain and trustworthy character.
This did not come about by systematic demonstration or argument, but by
a light which Allah the Most High put in my heart. That light is the key to the
best part of knowledge. Whoever thinks that the understanding of things
Divine rests upon strict proofs has just narrowed down his thought of the
wideness of Allah‟s Mercy. When the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him
was asked about “enlarging” (sharh) and its meaning in the verse, “Whenever
Allah wills to guide a man, He enlarges his breast to Islam” (Koran 6, 125) he
said, “It is a light which Allah the Most High casts into the heart”. When
asked, “What is the sign of it?”, he said, “Withdrawal from the mansion of
deception and return to the mansion of eternity.” It was about this light that
Muhammad, peace be upon him, said, “Allah created the creatures in
skeptical though not in theory or outward expression. Allah finally cured me of
the malady; my being was restored to health and an even balance; the
obviousness of the intellect became accepted once more as I regained
confidence in its certain and trustworthy character.
This did not come about by systematic demonstration or argument, but by
a light which Allah the Most High put in my heart. That light is the key to the
best part of knowledge. Whoever thinks that the understanding of things
Divine rests upon strict proofs has just narrowed down his thought of the
wideness of Allah‟s Mercy. When the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him
was asked about “enlarging” (sharh) and its meaning in the verse, “Whenever
Allah wills to guide a man, He enlarges his breast to Islam” (Koran 6, 125) he
said, “It is a light which Allah the Most High casts into the heart”. When
asked, “What is the sign of it?”, he said, “Withdrawal from the mansion of
deception and return to the mansion of eternity.” It was about this light that
Muhammad, peace be upon him, said, “Allah created the creatures in