Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

    Risālat al-Wāridāt

    An intimation: the Necessary Being is knowing

    Muḥammad ʻAbduh

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    Fa-mā lam yakun fī dhāt muqtaḍá ṣifah lātattaṣif bi-tilka al-ṣifah, wa-illā lazima ittiṣāfuhā bi-jamīʻ al-ṣifāt, wa-al-tarajjuḥ bi-lā murajjiḥ wa-ṣifāt (؟) immā dhātuh aw fī dhātih . wa-al-thānī bāṭil li-ʻadam al-tarkīb fīh, fa-manshaʼuhā dhātuh fa-huwa kāmil li-dhātih, bal kamāl li-dhātih . wa-ḥadīth al-ghayr bāṭil lāyusmaʻ idh lā ghayr illā minh, fa-kayfa yarjiʻ al-maʻlūl ʻalá ʻillatih bi-al-ʻillīyah ؟

    Wāridah wājib al-wujūd ʻālim

    Lammā ashraqat fī qalbik anwār wujūdih, wa-annah al-ḥaqq, wa-kull māsiwāh muḥtāj ilayh fī al-wujūd, wa-kull min ẓuhūr dhātih, fa-yajib lak bi-dhālika idrāk annah ʻālim, wa-dhālika li-mā tarāh min al-iḥkām wa-al-tartīb, wa-mulāḥaẓat al-daqāʼiq, wa-riʻāyat al-maṣāliḥ, ka-mā huwa mushāhad fī kullīyāt al-ʻālam, wa-ka-mā taʻlamuh idhā iṭṭalaʻta ʻalá ʻilm tashrīḥ al-ḥayawān wa-al-nabāt wa-ṭabaqāt al-arḍ mimmā yaṭūl sharḥuh, wa-fī tartīb al-musabbabāt ʻalá asbābihā, fa-uʻṭiya kull shayʼ ḥaqqah, wa-anzalah manzilatah, idhā naqaṣa al-sabab naqaṣa al-musabbab, wa-idhā kamula kamula, wa-idhā zāla zāla, fa-lā yalīq bik maʻa shuhūd hādhā al-iḥkām an tunkir ʻilmah ( wa-ayḍan ) hallā tabayyana lak fīmā sabaqa anna maẓāhir al-mumkināt ṭilasm dhātih wa-ṣifātih . alā wa-anna al-ʻulūm min al-mumkināt al-ẓāhirah, fa-hiya ṭilasm li-ʻilmih al-ḥaqīqī, fa-ʻilmuk ṭilasm wa-ʻilmuh bāṭinuh fa-huwa al-ʻālim, wa-ʻilmuk ʻalá dhālika shahīd, wa-al-ʻālim bi-ghayrih awlá an yaʻlam dhātah ( wa-ayḍan ) lammā kāna al-ḥaqq huwa al-wujūd min kull jihah, wa-al-jahl ʻadam maḥḍ, fa-yastaḥīl ʻalayh al-jahl, wa-yajib lah al-ʻilm, fa-huwa al-ʻālim bi-dhātih li-dhātih, wa-kull mā nashaʼa ʻan dhātih

    Wāridah

    Qāla muqallidū al-ḥukamāʼ wa-ilayh dhahaba raʼīsuhum : inna ʻilm al-Bārī taʻālá bi-al-kullīyāt bi-irtisām al-ṣuwar fī dhātih . fa-naqūl in qultum bi-anna al-ʻilm huwa nafs tilka al-ṣuwar ( awwalan ) yalzam an yakūn ʻilm al-Bārī taʻālá zāʼidan ʻalá dhātih wa-huwa min kamālātih fa-yakūn al-Bārī kāmilan bi-ghayr dhātih wa-al-kāmil bi-ghayrih nāqiṣ li-dhātih ( wa-thāniyan ) lāyaṣiḥḥ li-ʻāqil faḍlan ʻan ḥakīm an yaqūl inna mujarrad al-ṣūrah fī shayʼ ʻilm dhālika al-shayʼ bi-ṣāḥib al-ṣūrah wa-illā la-kāna al-jidār