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Exaltation. For Allah is above all in dominion and power.
(viii) Istawa
The eighth principle: That He - the High - istawa upon the Throne in the sense which He willed by
that
state of equilibrium - a state which is not inconsistent with the quality of grandeur and to which
the
symptoms of origination and annihilation do not permeate. It is exactly what has been meant by the
ascension to Heaven in the Koran when Allah said, "Then He willed to the Heaven, when it was
smoke."
(Quran 41:11). This is only through dominion and power, as the poet said: "Bishr has gained dominion
over Iraq, With neither sword nor shedding of blood."
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Thus were the people of truth compelled to pursue such a figurative and allegorical interpretation
Exaltation. For Allah is above all in dominion and power.
(viii) Istawa
The eighth principle: That He - the High - istawa upon the Throne in the sense which He willed by
that
state of equilibrium - a state which is not inconsistent with the quality of grandeur and to which
the
symptoms of origination and annihilation do not permeate. It is exactly what has been meant by the
ascension to Heaven in the Koran when Allah said, "Then He willed to the Heaven, when it was
smoke."
(Quran 41:11). This is only through dominion and power, as the poet said: "Bishr has gained dominion
over Iraq, With neither sword nor shedding of blood."
Page 28 of 56
Thus were the people of truth compelled to pursue such a figurative and allegorical interpretation