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               hereafter  because  of  committing       Journey literally comes from
               sins,    for    instance    “The      walk and indicates to   moving
               recompense  for  the  evil  deeds     and  flowing.  (Ibn  Faris,  1984,
               will be equally evil (not more)       Vol. 3: 120)
               and the faces of the evil-doers          Sayr  word  appears  in  the

               will  suffer  from  disgrace”;        Holy  Quran  with  its  various
               (Yunus:  27)  and  dull  in  the      derivatives 26 times, Allah says:
               lowest world as a result of not              “tell  them  to  travel  in
               worshiping  God  “Those  who                 the  land  and  see  what
               worshipped  the  calf  will  be              happened  to  those  who
               afflicted  by  the  wrath  of  their         rejected    the   Truth”.

               Lord  and  disgraced  in  their              (Al-An'am: 11)
               worldly  life”;  (Al-A'raf:  152)
               and  finally  dhull  comes  with         Spirtual Journey in mysticism
               the  meaning  of  subservience        is  the  journey  of  conscience
               and  meekness  “It  is  He  who       and hearts. (Gilani, 2005: 319)
               has made the earth subservient           Wayfaring in lexical meaning
               to  you.  You  walk  through  its     is derived from route and route
               vast  valleys  and  eat  of  its      is  road.  It  is  said  I  take  the

               sustenance.  Before  Him  you         road.  This  word  indicates  to
               will  all  be  resurrected”           getting something into another.
               (Al-Mulk: 15). (Raghib Isfahani,      (Ibn Manzur, 1993, Vol. 10: 442)
               1992: 330)                               This  word  with  its  different
                  Dhull  technically  is  the        forms  come  12  times  in  the
               station  of    being  in  want  to    Holy  Quran,  including  the

               God,  helplessness  and  asking       Almighty’s saying:
               God for forgiveness. (Ibn Arabi,             “Have you not seen that
               2001, Vol. 1: 104)                           God  has  sent  down
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