Imam al-Ghazali God is much too great for the senses to reach Him or for reason and logic to plumb the depths of His Majesty. Indeed, He is much too great for anyone but Himself to plumb the depths of His Majesty or for anyone but Himself to know Him. Verily, no one knows God but God. The highest degree of gnosis that His servants can attain is the realization that true gnostic knowledge of Him is impossible for them. Furthermore, no one can know that in its totality except a Prophet of a righteous saint (siddiq). As for the Prophet, he has clearly expressed this by saying, 'I cannot enumerate the ways of praising Thee Thou art as Thou has praised Thyself.' As for the righteous saint, he says, 'The incapacity to attain realization is a realization.'
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So when they saw it as a cloud appearing in the sky advancing towards their valleys, they said This is a cloud which will give us rain. Nay it is what you sought to hasten on, a blast of wind in which is a painful punishment, Destroying everything by the command of its Lord, so they became such that naught could be seen except their dwellings. Thus do We reward the guilty people.He has a lifetime appointment. He doesn't have to fear anybody. Once Fallon makes decisions, (Merck) can't say it's some strange judge in some strange place.
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it, Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
Until when they see what they are threatened with, then shall they know who is weaker in helpers and fewer in number.
If you don't go far enough back in memory or far enough ahead in hope, your future will be impoverished.
Things don't always work out the way you hope, and unforeseen budget shocks do occur.
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