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وَتَحْسَبُهُمْ أَيْقَاظاً وَهُمْ رُقُودٌ وَنُقَلِّبُهُمْ ذَاتَ ٱليَمِينِ وَذَاتَ ٱلشِّمَالِ وَكَلْبُهُمْ بَاسِطٌ ذِرَاعَيْهِ بِٱلوَصِيدِ لَوِ ٱطَّلَعْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَوَلَّيْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِرَاراً وَلَمُلِئْتَ مِنْهُمْ رُعْباً
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Tafsir al-Tustari

…If you had observed them you would have turned away from them in flight, and would have been filled with awe…This means: ‘If you had observed them through your self, you would have run away from them in fear, but if you had observed them through God, you would have come to know (waqafta) in them the realities of unicity (ḥaqāʾiq al-waḥdāniyya) from Him.’His words, Exalted is He:


Tafsīr al-Tustarī, trans. Annabel Keeler and Ali Keeler
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