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shall search for a solution; my present object, however, is limited to what I
have already said‟. He knows that, if he were to attempt to proceed further, his
shameful condition would be revealed and he would be unable to resolve the
least of the problems -that he would be unable even to understand them, far
less to answer them.
This is the real condition in which they are. As it is said, `Try them and you
will hate them‟!-after we had tried them we left them also severely alone.
4. The Ways of Mysticism.
When I had finished with these sciences, I next turned with set purpose to
the method of mysticism (or Sufism). I knew that the complete mystic „way‟
includes both intellectual belief and practical activity; the latter consists in
getting rid of the obstacles in the self and in stripping off its base
characteristics and vicious morals, so that the heart may attain to freedom
from what is not Allah and to constant recollection of Him.
The intellectual belief was easier to me than the practical activity. I began to
have already said‟. He knows that, if he were to attempt to proceed further, his
shameful condition would be revealed and he would be unable to resolve the
least of the problems -that he would be unable even to understand them, far
less to answer them.
This is the real condition in which they are. As it is said, `Try them and you
will hate them‟!-after we had tried them we left them also severely alone.
4. The Ways of Mysticism.
When I had finished with these sciences, I next turned with set purpose to
the method of mysticism (or Sufism). I knew that the complete mystic „way‟
includes both intellectual belief and practical activity; the latter consists in
getting rid of the obstacles in the self and in stripping off its base
characteristics and vicious morals, so that the heart may attain to freedom
from what is not Allah and to constant recollection of Him.
The intellectual belief was easier to me than the practical activity. I began to