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proof according to Abu Bishr that knowledge solves all the
doubts and wonders.
You need to understand reader that you should always)
to be faithful and honest with yourself and never fall fo^'
doubts and prevent yourself from bad passions. You need
the fear of Allah and to have passion only for him. Thesoul
has the power of isolating itself to the lover and gives
a complete desire unto passions. But the right passion and
love should be only to Allah and his holy presence. Then
the soul would be safe with the passion of love and a
from the mortal desires because these are despised desires,
The way of passion is through love and the love gets
divided to several kinds of love, there is the inclined and
obedience kind of love and that is like the love and
obedience to Allah. Parents and teachers. Then there is the
sympathy and compassion kind of love and that is like the
love to vour children. Then there is the benefit kind of love l
like the love vou would have to all people and the n^^H
matters that requires benefit
When you exceed the love, you do not call it love but|
you would call it passion and if you had passion for
thing else than to Allah then that is an evil worshipf^H
Allah lights up your heart to what pleases you with ».•
delight of him to feel Allah's presence. You need to bej
careful with your secrets. They are valuable possessions
and you need to keep them safe of all ignorant an<
devious people.
I would like to mention to you reader some of what I
have read in Abu Bishr Mata's first article of his boo
Book of Nature After Aristotle about Aristotle's opi:
regarding enigmas, which he said we need to look in
these mysteries. As the power of nature and it
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