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The Raddadiyah Epistle - Yusuf ibn al-Ajuz al-Raddad al-Ḥalabi

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When He manifested through the fire, Moses found comfort through the knowledge that He is He; thus, the comfort (al-anas) is [the Light] 1 , and its transmission to the people of the spiritual ranks constitutes the warming by the fire (al-istila'). His statement to them: "A crescent moon appearing in China (bi-al-Sin)" refers to the Meaning, and "China" signifies the Gate.

As for his statement, may God sanctify his soul:

All of this is due to their denial of the one who makes manifest

Helplessness, yet he is Power without any bounds.

The one who makes manifest helplessness and power is the Commander of the Bees (Amir al-Nahl), His glory is magnificent, whose spiritual reality they denied and whose divinity they rejected. Indeed, helplessness coming from the Powerful One is itself an exercise of power; for the Powerful One is capable of making helplessness manifest, whereas the truly helpless one is completely incapable of making divine power manifest.

And the statement of the Sheikh:

Footnotes

1This word is absent in some manuscripts.
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