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Mystical Analysis of the Manifestation Verse … K.F. Mustafa et al / (23
the Almighty and His attributes Therefore, If the vision was
are pure from limitation and a visual, the manifestation of the
restriction, then the desire of Almighty would appear in the
Moses is higher than the (Conversing mountain, not for the mountain
with God) station. Thus, what and Moses could see that manifestation
Moses wanted is a vision that with his own eyes and it was
can not be imagined higher not necessary for the manifestation
than it, which is without any to appear for the mountain.
restriction and related to spiritual (Sadeqi Tehrani, 1986, Vol. 11: 283)
realities. (Ghorab, 1996: 62) Accordingly, Moses desire is
a complete unveiling or the reality
2. Semantically of certainty with which there
Considering the accuracy of is no doubt left which is all
Quranic words, it can be proved related to the prophet Muhammad.
that observation (Mushahadeh) (Amuli, 2001, Vol. 5: 196)
is not the same as vision (Ruyat): This kind of vision is a
Moses did not say: (make knowledge of divinity that happens
me observe or see you), by the Divine providence. Vision
because the Almighty was is not only in this verse means
not absent from his sight knowledge, but in several other
and Allah is witnessed verses the same meaning is
from all his saints, and included. For example:
not absent from them, “She was determined to
let alone his prophets have him, but that he saw
who are superior to the the evidence of his Lord”.
saints. (Ibn Arabi, 1997, (Quran, 12: 24)
Vol. 1: 495)
