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instructed by
them. Later, a higher state is reached; instead of beholding forms and figures, they come to stages
in the
`way‟ which it is hard to describe in language; if a man attempts to express these,
his words inevitably
contain what is clearly erroneous.
In general what they manage to achieve is nearness to Allah; some, however, would conceive of this
as
`inherence‟ (hulul), some as `union‟ (ittihad), and some as `connection‟ (wusul). All that is
erroneous. In my
book, The Noblest Aim, I have explained the nature of the error. Yet he who has attained the mystic
`state‟
need do no more than say:
Of the things I do not remember, what was, was;
Think it good; do not ask an account of it.
them. Later, a higher state is reached; instead of beholding forms and figures, they come to stages
in the
`way‟ which it is hard to describe in language; if a man attempts to express these,
his words inevitably
contain what is clearly erroneous.
In general what they manage to achieve is nearness to Allah; some, however, would conceive of this
as
`inherence‟ (hulul), some as `union‟ (ittihad), and some as `connection‟ (wusul). All that is
erroneous. In my
book, The Noblest Aim, I have explained the nature of the error. Yet he who has attained the mystic
`state‟
need do no more than say:
Of the things I do not remember, what was, was;
Think it good; do not ask an account of it.