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February 18, 2009
the knowledge of god by god
The knowledge of the first, the command of the True One - praise be to Him - in so far as He is He, in other words from the aspect of absolute unity, is the knowledge of God by God, within the limits of the knowledge implied in the verse: "God bears witness that there is no god but Him" (3:18). This is the noblest degree of certainty, the most perfect mode of knowledge, unlike the knowledge of cause through effect which does not give certainty. For the truth about knowledge is, as they have said: "We have not known You as You should be known," and in the words of the Qur'an: "They measure not God with His true measure" (6:91).
Nasir al-Din Tusi - Sayr wa Suluk
Posted by amin at February 18, 2009 1:57 PM