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Spiritual_Roadmap_by_Ghazali, page : 36
This did not come about by systematic demonstration or argument, but by a light which Allah the Most
High put in my heart. That light is the key to the best part of knowledge. Whoever
thinks that the
understanding of things Divine rests upon strict proofs has just narrowed down his thought of the
wideness
of Allah‟s Mercy. When the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him was asked about “enlarging”
(sharh)
and its meaning in the verse, “Whenever Allah wills to guide a man, He enlarges his breast to
Islam” (Koran
6, 125) he said, “It is a light which Allah the Most High casts into the heart”. When asked, “What
is the sign
of it?”, he said, “Withdrawal from the mansion of deception and return to the mansion of eternity.”
It was
about this light that Muhammad, peace be upon him, said, “Allah created the creatures in darkness,
and
then sprinkled upon them some of His light.” That light is an intuitive understanding of things
Divine. That
light sometimes gushes from the spring of Divine Generosity, and for it one must
watch and wait as
High put in my heart. That light is the key to the best part of knowledge. Whoever
thinks that the
understanding of things Divine rests upon strict proofs has just narrowed down his thought of the
wideness
of Allah‟s Mercy. When the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him was asked about “enlarging”
(sharh)
and its meaning in the verse, “Whenever Allah wills to guide a man, He enlarges his breast to
Islam” (Koran
6, 125) he said, “It is a light which Allah the Most High casts into the heart”. When asked, “What
is the sign
of it?”, he said, “Withdrawal from the mansion of deception and return to the mansion of eternity.”
It was
about this light that Muhammad, peace be upon him, said, “Allah created the creatures in darkness,
and
then sprinkled upon them some of His light.” That light is an intuitive understanding of things
Divine. That
light sometimes gushes from the spring of Divine Generosity, and for it one must
watch and wait as