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Al-Usayfir - Muhammad ibn Shu‘ba al-Harrani

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"The Prayer of the Gnostics and Connection with Allah"

We have already spoken regarding the Human Nature (Nasut) and the Divine Nature (Lahut), and that the Human Nature is the opposite of the Divine Nature.

So the Form indicates the Human Nature by way of Implication (Dalalat Iltizam)1, and it indicates the Divine Nature by way of Inclusion (Dalalat Tadmin)2.

And Allah says:

{It is He who forms you (Yusawwirukum)}.3

And He says:

{[The] Dye (Sibghah) of Allah, and who is better than Allah in dyeing?”} 4

And His "Dye" is His Form which has no likeness, nor does any shape resemble it. Parables are struck for it, manifest to existence and vision through Power, Ability, Dominion (Jabarut), and Greatness. It exists in the World of Being (Kiyan), having no precedent other than its Initiator, Inventor, and Originator.

Footnotes

1Indication of Implication (Dalalat al-Iltizam): Is the inseparable association of one matter with another, such that if one is mentioned, the other passes through the mind. So if "Nasut" (Humanity) is mentioned, the Form is necessarily mentioned.
2Indication of Inclusion (Dalalat al-Tadmin): Is the indication of a part of the named thing—or some of its contents—upon its whole. Thus, the manifestation of Power from the Form indicated its Meaning by way of inclusion.
3Surah Al Imran, Verse 6.
4The "Dye" (Sibghah) of Allah: Is the Attribute by which He is unique to the exclusion of others, and it is, in itself, the Visible Form."Having no precedent other than its Initiator, Inventor, and Originator": This does not mean it is created [in the temporal sense].
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