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[quote]vide infra something very important to understand some of the drawbacks of some of the schools ofthought in tasawwuf:

[blue]adapted from tadabbur e Qur'an -commentary on surah ar'af -7/143[/blue]
 
[blue]'qa'la rabbe areni unzur ilaeka'
when Allah spoke to him, Musa /Moses pbuh had this desire to see Him as well.he therefore very obediently requested Himto show him His blessed Self.[/blue]

[purple]This was quite natural;Allah therefore did not condemn or snub Moses pbuh for that.Rather He kindly adviced him that a human being cannot see Him/His Z'aat with his limited physical sight,and can only visualize His qualities/sif'at.
'wala'kin unzur ilal jabal e fa inis taqarra makanahu fasaufa tarani'

This observation of looking at the mountain whilst Allah reflected Himself there  was arranged for the understanding and satisfaction of Moses that if a mountain could not bear the sight of his Lord, although mountains are much strong, solid, fixed  and gigantic; then how could a weak and comparatively such delicate human being could have the power to see Him.A human has a limited capacity to endeavour; his eyes can see light but when this light crosses certain limit the eye sight can be damaged.
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[green]Allah showed all this to Moses pbuh basically to treat a serious disease of mind prevailing in bani isra'el. It is repeatedly mentioned in Torah that bani israe'l repeatedly demanded Moses to show God to them. They saidthey wanted God to talk to them face to face.

Whatever of His miracles they had seen so far were not enough for them. Their heart  was not settling on an unseen God.  The demand 'ij'al lana A'lehan kama lahum A'leha"  (make a god for  us as they have theirs) was based on this desire.
In order to treat this disease of ' only seeing and believing' (what cud be the best translation of 'mahsoos parasti' ) Allah made it clear to Moses in the 1st instance that God is not an object to be seen and touched. He is only to be understood with mind and to be believed with heart. Eyes could only visualize the beauty of His sif'at/qualities. Moses conveyed this whole message to bani isra'el but their doubt remained therefore they were struck by Allah's punishment as described in Surah Baqara and also furthr in Surah A'raf.[/green]

It is evident from this incidence that ...(see nxt )

Edited by: hkhan on Thursday, April 26, 2007 10:45 AM[/quote]

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