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invisible, a brief word of explanation becomes necessary. For he who says that reality disagrees
with the
Religion and the invisible contradicts the visible is closer to unbelief than to belief.
(iii) Secrets Concealed by the People of Allah
In fact, the secrets whose comprehension is peculiar to the favorites of Allah and the practice of
which is
limited to them and which they do not divulge to the masses may be divided into five categories.
The first is that the thing in itself is subtle and beyond the comprehension of most hearts and
minds.
Consequently its comprehension is restricted to the elite who should not divulge it to those who are
unable to grasp it lest, whenever their hearts fail to comprehend it or to understand the concealed
secrets of the spirit, it becomes a calamity to them.
The Prophet himself refrained from explaining this part. The minds fail to comprehend its reality
and the
imaginations to imagine its truth. But do not think that this was not revealed to the Prophet of
with the
Religion and the invisible contradicts the visible is closer to unbelief than to belief.
(iii) Secrets Concealed by the People of Allah
In fact, the secrets whose comprehension is peculiar to the favorites of Allah and the practice of
which is
limited to them and which they do not divulge to the masses may be divided into five categories.
The first is that the thing in itself is subtle and beyond the comprehension of most hearts and
minds.
Consequently its comprehension is restricted to the elite who should not divulge it to those who are
unable to grasp it lest, whenever their hearts fail to comprehend it or to understand the concealed
secrets of the spirit, it becomes a calamity to them.
The Prophet himself refrained from explaining this part. The minds fail to comprehend its reality
and the
imaginations to imagine its truth. But do not think that this was not revealed to the Prophet of