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ecstasy, inspiration and illumination which is a most glorious attainment that cannot be
expressed by knowledge.
In respect of the Hereafter, as for most of the learned and the enlightened, they are not
preeminent for an authentic first hand intimate personal knowledge of Allah. The inner
secrets of faith are purposely shrouded in mystery and careful hidden from the learned.
The mysterious gift of mystic apprehension is bestowed upon elect souls, not for their
own glory but for the sake of all humanity; to gauge the mysteries we must gauge them
with the mystics, for the ground of mysteries and the mystics are one and the same.
Allah refers to them thus: "But those to whom We have given the most finest (rank) shall
be far removed from it (Hell)." Koran, Chapter 21 verse 101. These are the people who
know the secrets of these treasures. Besides, those of whom: "The Phrase has become
obligatory upon most of them" Koran, Chapter 36 verse 7 has been said are competent
enough to disclose those things. Both of these holy verses refer to a secret which is the
most wonderful of all mysteries. The height of wisdom is to remain quite dumb and
silent about these realities. There must be an absolute stillness and distraction must
cease.
expressed by knowledge.
In respect of the Hereafter, as for most of the learned and the enlightened, they are not
preeminent for an authentic first hand intimate personal knowledge of Allah. The inner
secrets of faith are purposely shrouded in mystery and careful hidden from the learned.
The mysterious gift of mystic apprehension is bestowed upon elect souls, not for their
own glory but for the sake of all humanity; to gauge the mysteries we must gauge them
with the mystics, for the ground of mysteries and the mystics are one and the same.
Allah refers to them thus: "But those to whom We have given the most finest (rank) shall
be far removed from it (Hell)." Koran, Chapter 21 verse 101. These are the people who
know the secrets of these treasures. Besides, those of whom: "The Phrase has become
obligatory upon most of them" Koran, Chapter 36 verse 7 has been said are competent
enough to disclose those things. Both of these holy verses refer to a secret which is the
most wonderful of all mysteries. The height of wisdom is to remain quite dumb and
silent about these realities. There must be an absolute stillness and distraction must
cease.