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Epistle on Negation and Affirmation in the Gnosis of the Essence - Sulayman Abd Allah Ali Dahr Matar

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The Allamah said: "Effacement (al-maḥw) according to us is transcendence (al-tanzīh)—meaning: the effacement of attributes from the Essence by affirming divine decree (al-qadar) and negating physical forms (al-ṣuwar)."

And he also said:

“And he who brought into existence negated what his sight witnessed;

Therefore, my affirmation of Him became a firm footing

Wherein I steady my two feet

By my plain-sight negation of whatever is in my vision.”

The Allamah said:

"And the negation of physical form, alongside the affirmation of the existence of the One made manifest through it by divine power, is the very essence of monotheism (‘ayn al-tawḥīd)."

And he also said in verse:

“And the reflection of my thought within the theater of the unseen

Concerning Him, by Him, is the furthest extent of my vision.”

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