What could be more distant and cursed than this? So, beware of him with all caution, for he is the dark one in whom there is no light.
And [those killed by] a violent blow (al-mawqūdhah): He is the "ailing" one who is neither with the Sunnis nor with the Shiites; he is like a patient in permanent pain, at times recovering, at times falling ill, at times favoring the rank of the First—who is Abu Rakab—and at times favoring the rank of (al-Ayn). This is the chronically ill one, and he is al-mawqūdhah, as al-waqidh means the sick.
As for [those killed by] a head-long fall (al-mutaraddiyah): He is the one possessing physical defects and vile signs.
And [those killed by] the goring of horns (al-natīḥah): He is the notorious passive sodomite (al-ma'bun).
As for "those from which a wild animal has eaten, except what you [are able to] slaughter":
This refers to the person who heard the Constitution (al-Dustur) from someone without a [proper] path; thus, the wild animal has mauled him but he has not died. If he catches up and drinks the Secret (al-Sar) from a believer, then he has purified him (dhakkāh). Purification (al-Zakāt) [in this context] is the ritual slaughter (al-dhibāḥah), and its inner meaning (Batin) is the transition from the state of prohibition to the state of permissibility.
As for "those which are sacrificed on stone altars (al-nusub)":




