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Mystical Analysis of the Manifestation Verse … K.F. Mustafa et al / (17

               Moses to come up the mountain                when  he  recovered,  he
               for the appointment (Miq’t). Upon            said: 'Exaltations to You!
               reaching the meeting place, Moses            I repent to You. I am the
               asked if can see his Lord. The               first   of    believers”.
               Almighty told him that he will               (Quran, 7: 143)

               never  see  Him.  Moses  faints
               when Allah attempted to reveal           Intuitive Manifestation is the
               Himself. Moses awakened and           complete knowledge which happens
               asked for forgiveness.                by unveiling the coverings from
                  It  must  be  mentioned  that      upon  the  eyes  and  insight,  so
               Moses remained at the mountain        that they comprehend things as

               for 40 days and received tablets,     they  are  in  their  realities.
               which contain laws and rulings        (Ibn Arabi, Fusus, 2001: 197)
               for  the  Children  of  Israel  to       Existential  Manifestation  is
               follow. Allah says:                   the permanent manifestation in
                      “When Moses came to our        the world which differs due to
                      appointment  and  was          the different levels of the world
                      spoken to by his Lord he       within themselves, so it manifests

                      said:  ‘My  Lord,  enable      according to their predispositions.
                      me to see You.’ He said:       (Ibid, 1997, Vol. 2: 556)
                      ‘You  shall  not  see  Me,        Mystical Analysis is a kind
                      but look at the mountain;      of  investigation  which  is  not
                      if it remains steady, you      satisfied  with  the  outward
                      shall see Me.’ When his        appearance of the religious truth,

                      Lord manifested Himself        but rather dives into its interior

                      to the mountain, He turned     to  know  its  secrets.   (Saliba,
                      it  into  dust,  and  Moses    1994, Vol. 2: 72)
                      fell  down  in  a  swoon.
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