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Jili, Abd al-Karim - Al-Kahf wa al-raqim - 014 Introduction [Extract]
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013444
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
ABD AL-KARIM AL-JILI: Tawid, Transcendence and Immanence – Dr Nicholas Lo Polito [University of Birmingham] - The Cave and the Inscription
INTRODUCTION.
(4) Unknown, [belonging to] the reality of the transcendent: “I was an unknown treasure and I longed to be known”; thereupon He made himself known to His creation by what is known of His instructions (Ta_rifat). He made of creation a place for Himself to reside in, but it does not exceed Him. …... One comes across every aspect of His essence according to the rank into which He has manifested it, but nothing of all that exists can know it in its great beauty except He Himself.
The source of the experience
Jili, Abd al-KarimConcepts, symbols and science items
Concepts
DestinyGreat Work, the
Intelligence hierarchy
Objectives of the Great Work
Ultimate Intelligence