What thoroughly quenches our thirst for seeking the truth is the speculative knowledge and intuitive awareness of objective realities which is inseparable from understanding their existential appraisals and connections. And if all existing beings are viewed as dependent on and connected to the Almighty Allah, then in fact, all objective knowledge goes back to the…
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Expecting to recognize the truth of human perfection…
Expecting to recognize the truth of human perfection prior to reaching it in the same way that we recognize our own moral perception, is totally out of place. We have no choice other than finding a subjective, and not an intuitive knowledge towards it by way of reasoning and realizing its specifications by the aid…
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Man’s eventual perfection is his attaining perfect awareness…
Man’s eventual perfection is his attaining perfect awareness and his innate and intuitive knowledge (knowledge acquired not through the five senses, but through illumination of one’s heart) about the Almighty Allah and this awareness about Allah is the very true Qurb (proximity) to Allah which should be attained through efforts and endeavors. Therefore the true…
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Anyone, who enquires into…
Anyone, who enquires into the basic principles of intuitive knowledge and ethical teachings of Islam and Islamic jurisprudence, will find them like a boundless sea which renders the wisdom helpless for comprehending and thought for reaching its depth Source: Islamic Teachings in brief | Allama Tabatabai (R)