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you have learned of righteousness.” Chapter 18:66
Pay attention to the way in which Moses addressed Al Khidr, he
started with the word „may‟. By starting in such manner he had
purified himself from the burning desire he had. He did not say,
“Indeed I want” or, “I am intending” nor yet did he say “I am
interested, or I would like etc.,” to be taught by him.
Footnote 1:
The three bathings acted as a form of seclusion for Abulhasan similar
to the seclusion of his teacher in the cave and the seclusion of
believers, men and women alike that shut themselves away in a
mosque during the last ten days of Ramadan. This seclusion is the
beginning of internal transformation in which a person contemplates
and subjects himself to deep self-auditing and moves from the
negative zone to the positive zone not only in faith but also ethics in
preparation of becoming a member of the higher spiritual assembly.
Another superb illustration is that of Abumadyan, the shaykh of 12000
Pay attention to the way in which Moses addressed Al Khidr, he
started with the word „may‟. By starting in such manner he had
purified himself from the burning desire he had. He did not say,
“Indeed I want” or, “I am intending” nor yet did he say “I am
interested, or I would like etc.,” to be taught by him.
Footnote 1:
The three bathings acted as a form of seclusion for Abulhasan similar
to the seclusion of his teacher in the cave and the seclusion of
believers, men and women alike that shut themselves away in a
mosque during the last ten days of Ramadan. This seclusion is the
beginning of internal transformation in which a person contemplates
and subjects himself to deep self-auditing and moves from the
negative zone to the positive zone not only in faith but also ethics in
preparation of becoming a member of the higher spiritual assembly.
Another superb illustration is that of Abumadyan, the shaykh of 12000