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confidence in its certain and trustworthy character.
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 Muhammad, peace be upon him said: “In the days
of your age, your Lord has gusts of favor; so place yourselves in their way”.
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 Muhammad, peace be upon him said: “In the days
of your age, your Lord has gusts of favor; so place yourselves in their way”.