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SATAN_The_Accursed

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according to al-Majlisi. But this does not seem to fit, becausethe interrogative pronoun ayy makes the verb conditional onaction (amal).• That which is correct is that is a nominal sentence (jumlehyemubtadawa khabar) and is the object of the verb balwa. Ifayy is taken to be relative pronoun (mawsulah), there is asense for the statement of al-Majlisi, may God's mercy be uponhim. But its interrogative character is more evident.• Sawab is the opposite of khata' (error), as mentioned by alJawhari. <strong>The</strong> second 'khashyah' (fear) does not appear in somemanuscripts, as mentioned by al-Majlisi, and should it be there,there are several probable interpretations for it, the more evidentof which is that the waw here is in the sense of ma`a(with).And this phrase is narrated in the Asrar al-salat of al-Shahidal-Thani, may God's mercy be upon him ('sincere and fair intention';insteadof ).• Ibqa' 'ala al-'amal means observance of action and exercisingcare over it,as pointed out by al-Jawhari, who says:• Shakilah has (also) the sense of tariqah (way), shakl(shape), and nahiyah(region), as mentioned in al-Qamus and al-Sihah. Al-Qamus states:• We will, God willing, explain that which needs explanationin this noble hadith in course of a few sections.<strong>The</strong> Meaning of `Test' in Relation to God:<strong>The</strong> clause, "That He might try you… " (quoted in the tradition)refers to the utterance of God Almighty:Blessed is He in Whose hand is the Kingdom and Who ispowerful over everything, Who created death and life, that Hemight try you which of you is fairest in works. (67: 1-2)• <strong>The</strong> muhaqqiq al-Majlisi, may God sanctify his soul, says:This noble verse (which refers to the `creation' of death) indicatesthat death is something which has being, and meanseither death as something that happens to life or essential nonexistence.• <strong>The</strong> meaning of the noble verse indicates a sense in whichcreation relates to it (death) as a substance; it does not indicatea sense in which the relation is accidental, as pointed outby the muhaqqiqun.30

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