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The Purification of the Soul in Knowing the Inner Realities of the Five Acts of Worship - Al-Makzun al-Sinjari

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"The eleventh indication" regarding the esoteric meaning of the Funeral Prayer (al-Salat ‘ala al-Mayyit): Know—may God teach you goodness and revive you from the death of nature—that death, according to the outward narrative in the outward Book, applies to multiple, opposing, and differing meanings.

One of them is that it is a name among the names of the Meaning—mighty and majestic is He—evidenced by the Almighty’s saying: "Say, 'Indeed, the death from which you flee—indeed, it will meet you'" 1 .

Toward this, the indication occurred from Him in His Book: "So wish for death, if you should be truthful" 2 .

[6] And toward this meaning, the indication of the Mim—may his glory be exalted—occurred: "Indeed, the wisest of you in the sight of God is the one who remembers death the most and is the most truthful in preparing for it."

Regarding his attribution to his Meaning through Monotheism, He described the Name by the Almighty’s saying:

Footnotes

1Surah Al-Jumu'a - Verse 8
2Surah Al-Baqarah - Verse 94
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