Hatem al-Haj
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“After all, nothing can be demanded by a god of which nothing can be predicated and about which nothing can be said. It is a forever silenced god. It is the areligious philosophers’ preferred god (at least from the time of Aristotle); a god which is remote, detached, and can hardly be an object of adoration or worship, even though it may be an object of wonderment.”
― Between the God of the Prophets and the God of the Philosophers: Reflections of an Athari on the Divine Attributes
― Between the God of the Prophets and the God of the Philosophers: Reflections of an Athari on the Divine Attributes
“The station of tawbah is not finalized except by repenting from anything save the True One, then observing any defect in that repentance, and then repenting from this observance.”
― STATIONS OF THE TRAVELERS: Manâzil as-Sâ’ireen
― STATIONS OF THE TRAVELERS: Manâzil as-Sâ’ireen
“We read in the introduction to Nihâyat al-Iqdâm fi ‘ilm al-Kalâm by al-Shahrastâni (rA) two verses highlighting the futility of speculative theology: I have made the rounds of the gatherings of the learned (ma‘âhid) And cast my eyes upon the haunts of erudition (ma‘âlim); Yet never did I see but men perplexed, with their chins in their hands Or gnashing their teeth in regret.[18]-[vii]”
― Between the God of the Prophets and the God of the Philosophers: Reflections of an Athari on the Divine Attributes
― Between the God of the Prophets and the God of the Philosophers: Reflections of an Athari on the Divine Attributes