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passions‟. (Koran 47, 18) He makes them deaf and blinds their sight.
Among the things that necessarily became clear to me from my practice of the
mystic „way‟ was the true nature and special characteristics of prophetic
revelation. The basis of that must undoubtedly be indicated in view of the urgent
need for it.
IV. THE TRUE NATURE OF PROPHECY
AND THE COMPELLING NEED OF ALL CREATION FOR IT
You must know that the substance of man in his original condition was created
in bareness and simplicity without any information about the worlds of Allah Most
High. These worlds are many, not to be reckoned save by Allah Most High
Himself. As He said, „None knows the hosts of thy Lord save He‟ (Koran 74, 34).
Man‟s information about the world is by means of perception; and every
perception of perceptible is created so that thereby man may have some
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Among the things that necessarily became clear to me from my practice of the
mystic „way‟ was the true nature and special characteristics of prophetic
revelation. The basis of that must undoubtedly be indicated in view of the urgent
need for it.
IV. THE TRUE NATURE OF PROPHECY
AND THE COMPELLING NEED OF ALL CREATION FOR IT
You must know that the substance of man in his original condition was created
in bareness and simplicity without any information about the worlds of Allah Most
High. These worlds are many, not to be reckoned save by Allah Most High
Himself. As He said, „None knows the hosts of thy Lord save He‟ (Koran 74, 34).
Man‟s information about the world is by means of perception; and every
perception of perceptible is created so that thereby man may have some
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