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The Clarification of Wills in the Forms of Acts of Worship - Volume 1 - Habib Eid Al-Saleh

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the interpretation of the People of the Inward (Ahl al-Batin); so consider, O people of understanding.

This is among what confirms to the Gnostics (Al-‘Arifun) that the Realms of Light (‘Awalim al-Nur) may say to the people of the Outward sayings in accordance with their outward schools of thought, while saying to the people of the Inward the inward sayings. [It further confirms] that he who is weak of expression (understanding), if he reads a saying from their outward sayings, he becomes confused by it, not knowing that it follows the school of the People of the Outward. How many, and how many sayings of the Imams according to the Shia school, the Sunni school, and the Inward (Batin) school.

The meaning of the Almighty's saying: {when he desired, Satan threw [something] into his desire} is that the speech by which he maneuvers against them is only from Satan; meaning, were it not for the existence of Satan, he would not have uttered it.

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