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you will be sure that your intellect is just empty imagination. It may be that
this state is what the Sufis claim to be their special “state” of ecstasy which
occurs when they have withdrawn into themselves and are absent from
their senses. They witness situations which do not even deal with the
intellect. Perhaps that “state” is death; for the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah venerate and grant him peace, says: “People are dreaming; when
they die, they become awake”. So maybe the life of this world is a dream
compared with the hereafter and when a man dies, things become different
to him than what he knows now, when the words are said to him: “We have
taken off your covering, and your sight today is sharp” (Koran 50: 21).
When these thoughts occurred to me and penetrated my being, I sought
some way of treating my unhealthy condition; but it was not easy. Such
ideas can only be dealt with by demonstration; but demonstration first
requires knowledge and since I have none, it is impossible to demonstrate.
The disease was baffling and lasted almost two months, during which I was
skeptical though not in theory or outward expression. Allah finally cured me
of the malady; my being was restored to health and an even balance; the
obviousness of the intellect became accepted once more as I regained
this state is what the Sufis claim to be their special “state” of ecstasy which
occurs when they have withdrawn into themselves and are absent from
their senses. They witness situations which do not even deal with the
intellect. Perhaps that “state” is death; for the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah venerate and grant him peace, says: “People are dreaming; when
they die, they become awake”. So maybe the life of this world is a dream
compared with the hereafter and when a man dies, things become different
to him than what he knows now, when the words are said to him: “We have
taken off your covering, and your sight today is sharp” (Koran 50: 21).
When these thoughts occurred to me and penetrated my being, I sought
some way of treating my unhealthy condition; but it was not easy. Such
ideas can only be dealt with by demonstration; but demonstration first
requires knowledge and since I have none, it is impossible to demonstrate.
The disease was baffling and lasted almost two months, during which I was
skeptical though not in theory or outward expression. Allah finally cured me
of the malady; my being was restored to health and an even balance; the
obviousness of the intellect became accepted once more as I regained