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مَكْتَبَةُ كَتِيبَةِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نُصَيْرٍ

The Beginning and the Return - Al-Husayn ibn Harun al-Baghdadi

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So when that deserving soul was transferred to the metamorphosed temple (al-Haykal al-Mamsukh), it was not without having done for a believer what was mentioned. The lawfulness of [using] those parts is a recompense for what was done for the believer. Furthermore, the use [of these parts] cannot occur without some of them falling into the hand of a believer who then benefits from them. For this reason, intercession is made through some of its utilized parts while it is in [the state of] metamorphosis 1 .

As for physical defects—such as being chronic-ill (al-Arman), blind, paralyzed, one-eyed, lame, leprous, or maimed—and all other ailments: they only occur in those who have been repeated in human molds until they have exhausted the seventy molds allotted to them. In the final mold, such a person will possess a defect, after which they transition into metamorphosis. Not everyone who transitions to metamorphosis fits this description; rather, this is but one class (Jins) of them which we have explained. We shall explain the remaining classes, God Almighty willing, each in its proper place within this book of ours.

Among those transferred to metamorphosis are those to whom it is made endearing to be transferred into a certain form until they become fond of it.

Footnotes

1In another manuscript, an addition: "...For this reason, he is returned to humanity so that Monotheism (al-Tawhid) to his Master may be presented to him. If he accepts, God makes it easy for him through the blessing of the believer who benefited from some of his utilized parts while he was in metamorphosis."
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