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

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In order to show creation his helplessness—which is the absolute Power—

As an act of justice when affairs are inverted.

He intended that creation should recognize that the Creator's manifestation of helplessness is in itself Power.

[40] This matches the statement of the Knower, His glory is magnificent: "Whoever does not believe in the [manifestation of] helplessness has not believed in the miracle."

And his statement:

The Master of the two Ghunjis (Sahib al-Ghunjawayn), the Light of Abu

Talib, extending from his love unto the Treasured One

which encompasses all that is between the heaven and the earth. And his statement as well:

And O children of the brilliant source of Light, 1

And the children of the pure, immaculate essences,

A Nusayri, a Furati by lineage,

A descendant of the Salsali successions.

Footnotes

1In another manuscript: And from the children of
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