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Mystical Analysis of the Manifestation Verse … K.F. Mustafa et al / (19

               looks at his knowledge, knows            In this verse,  Miqat refers to
               nothing  but  Allah,  and  when       the  journey  of  Prophet  Moses
               he  sees  his  force  of  spiritual   towards the Almighty Lord. Allah
               decision, sees nothing but Allah.     promised  his  servant  to  speak
               (Qunawi, 2002 , Vol. 2: 425)          with him. Moses longed for the

                                                     Lord Promise and traveled to him.
               Mystical  Analysing  of  the          God  told  Moses  to  stay  with
               Lord  Manifestation  to  the          Him  for  thirty  nights  (in  the
               Prophet Moses                         mountains) but added ten nights

               In this verse, we can not only        more  so  his  appointment  with
               see the meeting of the Prophet        his Lord came to an end after
               Moses with the God Almighty,          forty nights. So Prophet Moses
               but  also  his  speech  with  Him     was alone with God Almighty,
               and his desire to see the Divine      and  completely  isolated  from

               Beauty were mentioned too which       men  and  attached  to  God  and
               seems to be the centerpiece of        for this reason, his prayers were
               this  verse.  Moses  desire,  the     realized and dua was accepted.
               vision  type,  the  manifestation     It can be said that this solitude
               of God Almighty and its type,         and  these  worshiping  acts  are
               the  ability  to  vision  it  or  not,   the introduction which resulted
               and  its  effect  on  the  Prophet    in the Divine unveiling.

               Moses  as  a  voyager,  all  these       The Messenger of God said:
               points  are  considered  in  the             “whoever purifies himself
               following paragraphs: Appointment            for forty days for the sake
               With The Lord (Miqat) means                  of God Almighty, the springs
               the time or place of something               of wisdom flow from his
               like the time of ihram. (Nasafi,             heart  to  his  tongue”.

               1996, Vol. 3: 267)                           (Majlisi, 1983, Vol. 53: 326)
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