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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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This is because all of that stems from the side of the onlooker, not from the side of the Object looked upon; it is the veil of their sins and their turbidity—the defect lies within them, not within Him.

The Allamah, Sheikh Sulayman al-Ahmad, Allah sanctified his secret, stated:

“The creation perceived the Essence (al-Ma‘na) possessing a physical body and a form through the veil of their sins; thus, the incapacity lies within them, not within Him, and they are the ones veiled from Him. For the veil is the veil of the servants' sins, whereas He possesses no veil. The form is merely the veil by which they are shielded, but upon the Essence there is no veil; rather, the veil is strictly the sins of the servants.”

And al-Raddād stated:

“Had the attribution of mortality (al-bashariyyah) been an intrinsic necessity for the Creator in both His inward and outward states, He would not have said: ‘The people of purity (ahl al-ṣafā’) perceived Him with purity, the people of mixtures (ahl al-mizāj) perceived Him with mixtures, and the people of turbidity (ahl al-kadar) perceived Him with turbidity.’

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