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them except through self-mortification and the subduing of
passions, through seeking Allah whole heartedly and persisting
in thoughts which are free from the blemishes of disputation.
They are a mercy from Allah which comes to those who expose
themselves to its beneficence according to what Allah
ordained for them and the extent to which they had exposed themselves
to it as well as the capacity of their hearts and
the degree of their purity. This is the sea the depth of which
cannot be sounded and the waters of which cannot be traversed.
.2REALITY AND RELIGION
If you say that this discourse implies that these sciences have
external as well as internal meanings, that some of them
passions, through seeking Allah whole heartedly and persisting
in thoughts which are free from the blemishes of disputation.
They are a mercy from Allah which comes to those who expose
themselves to its beneficence according to what Allah
ordained for them and the extent to which they had exposed themselves
to it as well as the capacity of their hearts and
the degree of their purity. This is the sea the depth of which
cannot be sounded and the waters of which cannot be traversed.
.2REALITY AND RELIGION
If you say that this discourse implies that these sciences have
external as well as internal meanings, that some of them