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مَكْتَبَةُ كَتِيبَةِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نُصَيْرٍ

The Gnostic's Proof - Hamza ibn Ali ibn Shu'ba al-Harrani

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Which is that her saying:

"Peace be upon you, O First": means the first who believed in Allah and did not worship idols.

And her saying "O Last": means O last of the Successors (Awsiya') to the last of the Prophets.

And her saying "O Inner": means O knower of the entire Inner Knowledge ('Ilm al-Batin) from the Messenger of Allah.

And her saying "O Outer": means O victor over the enemies, and their slayer with his sword.

And her saying "O You who are All-Knowing of everything": means knowledgeable of what was and what will be until the Day of Resurrection, through what he learned from the Messenger of Allah.

Likewise, they read [The Sermon of Unveiling - Khutbat al-Kashf] in which he said upon the pulpit: "I raised its sky and flattened its earth, and anchored its mountains, and illuminated its sun, and brought forth its moon. I am a horn of iron; I am new in every day; I initiate and I restore."

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