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acceptance of it as probable from hearsay and trial or observation is faith
(iman). These are three degrees. „Allah will raise those of you who have faith
and those who have been given knowledge in degrees of honor‟ (Koran 58,
12).
Behind the mystics, however, there is a crowd of ignorant people. They
deny this fundamentally, they are astonished at this line of thought, they listen
and mock. `Amazing‟, they say. `What nonsense they talk!‟ About such people
Allah Most High has said: „Some of them listen to you, until, upon going out
from you, they say to those to whom knowledge has been given, `What did he
say just now‟? These are the people on whose hearts Allah sets a seal and
they follow their passions‟. (Koran 47, 18) He makes them deaf and blinds
their sight.
Among the things that necessarily became clear to me from my practice of
the mystic „way‟ was the true nature and special characteristics of prophetic
revelation. The basis of that must undoubtedly be indicated in view of the
(iman). These are three degrees. „Allah will raise those of you who have faith
and those who have been given knowledge in degrees of honor‟ (Koran 58,
12).
Behind the mystics, however, there is a crowd of ignorant people. They
deny this fundamentally, they are astonished at this line of thought, they listen
and mock. `Amazing‟, they say. `What nonsense they talk!‟ About such people
Allah Most High has said: „Some of them listen to you, until, upon going out
from you, they say to those to whom knowledge has been given, `What did he
say just now‟? These are the people on whose hearts Allah sets a seal and
they follow their passions‟. (Koran 47, 18) He makes them deaf and blinds
their sight.
Among the things that necessarily became clear to me from my practice of
the mystic „way‟ was the true nature and special characteristics of prophetic
revelation. The basis of that must undoubtedly be indicated in view of the