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for those who are journeying towards it.
With this first stage of the `way‟ there begin the revelations and visions. The
mystics in their waking state now behold angels and the spirits of the
6[8] That is, Abraham, who is buried in the cave of Machpelah under the mosque at Hebron,
which is called ‘al-Khalil’ in Arabic; similarly the visitation of the Messenger is the formal visit
to his tomb at Medina
7[9] Literally, the `prohibition’, tahrim; the opening words of the Muslim Worship,
`God is
great’, are known as takbirat al-tahrim, the prohibitory adoration, `because it forbids
to the
worshipper what was previously allowable’. Cf. Calverley, Worship in Islam, p. 8, etc.
prophets; they hear these speaking to them and are instructed by them. Later,
a higher state is reached; instead of beholding forms and figures, they come
to stages in the `way‟ which it is hard to describe in language; if a man
With this first stage of the `way‟ there begin the revelations and visions. The
mystics in their waking state now behold angels and the spirits of the
6[8] That is, Abraham, who is buried in the cave of Machpelah under the mosque at Hebron,
which is called ‘al-Khalil’ in Arabic; similarly the visitation of the Messenger is the formal visit
to his tomb at Medina
7[9] Literally, the `prohibition’, tahrim; the opening words of the Muslim Worship,
`God is
great’, are known as takbirat al-tahrim, the prohibitory adoration, `because it forbids
to the
worshipper what was previously allowable’. Cf. Calverley, Worship in Islam, p. 8, etc.
prophets; they hear these speaking to them and are instructed by them. Later,
a higher state is reached; instead of beholding forms and figures, they come
to stages in the `way‟ which it is hard to describe in language; if a man