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in two volumes of my book "Ihya Uloom Ad-Din, The Revival
of Religious Knowledge" one volume speaks of the destructive
characteristics and another of the characteristics of
safety. In which we mention the relation of the inward to the
outward and that of deeds to beliefs.
This relation is of the same nature as that of the relation between
the visible world and the invisible world.
By the visible world, which is also called 'alam al-shahadah,
(the witnessing world) I mean the world which is perceived
by the senses; and by the invisible world, which is also called
'alam al-ghayb, (the unseen world) I mean the world which
is perceived by the light of the heart.
The heart belongs to the invisible world while the members of
of Religious Knowledge" one volume speaks of the destructive
characteristics and another of the characteristics of
safety. In which we mention the relation of the inward to the
outward and that of deeds to beliefs.
This relation is of the same nature as that of the relation between
the visible world and the invisible world.
By the visible world, which is also called 'alam al-shahadah,
(the witnessing world) I mean the world which is perceived
by the senses; and by the invisible world, which is also called
'alam al-ghayb, (the unseen world) I mean the world which
is perceived by the light of the heart.
The heart belongs to the invisible world while the members of