“After reaching rational development, man can more or less, become aware of his own needfulness through mental activities and rational analysis and can realize the presence of Allah. Gradually with the development of his reason and with expertise in reasoning, he will gain more knowledge about his fundamental needs and his dependence, until in the…
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Man possesses an innate, unconscious…
“Man possesses an innate, unconscious perception of his inherent needfulness and his existential dependence, but the dominance of that material and animal aspect precludes this innate perception from reaching awareness except in specific conditions.” SOURCE: SELF-RECOGNITION FOR SELF-IMPROVEMENT | AYATOLLAH MISBAH YAZDI (R)
And link me to the most luminous ray of Your power…
“And link me to the most luminous ray of Your power, so that I would know You only and turn away from aught but You.” [Al-Munajat ash-Shabaniyah] The better man understands this attachment and dependence, the greater attention he will pay to the Promoter of (this) attachment and the Genuine and Independent Being, and the…
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Whoever succeeds in seeing his essence will find himself…
“Whoever succeeds in seeing his essence will find himself dependent on and linked with the Lord. Or, he will find himself as the incarnation of dependence on and relationship with the Lord. Such an observation will not be separate from observing ray of Almighty Allah’s illuminations because understanding the relationship of the dependent being is…
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All creatures are inseparably linked…
All creatures are inseparably linked with their lord and the essence of their beings is relationship with and dependence on Him. As man can have conscious speculative knowledge about his essence and as his essence is nothing but relationship with the lord, he can establish a fully conscious relationship with Him. Or in other words,…
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