6.0 - THE SIXTH SOURCE: Titles Mentioned in Other Bibliographical Sources
Whoever imagined that the path of supreme masters goes by claiming, then ignorance is detracting and keeping him away.
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The way to God is (attained) by His taking care, of whomever He wills and appraises.
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Due to its reality and scarcity, He would not permit unless "the spikes are covered by ears".
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The state is a result of the station, so if one claims, his state will verify his assertion.
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But the poor person imagines that knowledge is inscribed, inside the papers of their books.
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Nay, but what they have deposited therein, is only a plain portion of that which is baffling.
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People (of realities) cannot be read except by themselves, due to their states (pf proximity) with their Lord, how that can be confined!
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Hence, you see the intruder measuring with reason, so that it might be said he is one of them, to be magnified!
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But his statements are challenged if he was not expressing his true state.
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The knowledge of the path may not be achieved with ease, or by measuring, but you should keep striving that you might fairly reach victory.
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The knowledge of the people (of realities) is elevated, above the perception of someone who has not encountered affliction and baffling.
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Sheikh Al-Akbar Muhyiddin Ibn Al-Arabi (Al-Diwan Al-Kabeer, p. 200).