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

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and when you master the recognition of the Sin, you arrive at the recognition of the Mim; and when you master the recognition of the Mim, you arrive at the recognition of the Beneficent, the Merciful—the Eternal, Pre-Existent Meaning] 1 "

And we have demonstrated the definitive conclusion of this investigation in this book of ours.

[63] Ibn Sinan, peace be upon him, was questioned regarding the existence of the Lord? He replied: "Indeed, God cannot be comprehended except through knowledge and power alone, because the power of God is never borrowed. Therefore, whenever He speaks [from] 2 a power [whereby created beings are rendered utterly incapable] 3 , then therein is the Most High, the All-Knowing—and [invalidated] 4 at that moment is the human form."

Footnotes

1In another manuscript: "The Ba is the recognition of the Orphan; so when you master it, you arrive at the recognition of the Sin; and when you master the Sin, you arrive at the recognition of the Mim; and when you master the recognition of the Mim, it leads to the recognition of the Beneficent, the Merciful—the Eternal Meaning."
2In another manuscript: with
3In another manuscript: created beings are rendered incapable
4In another manuscript: then invalidated
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