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وَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَسْتَ مُرْسَلاً قُلْ كَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ شَهِيداً بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ وَمَنْ عِندَهُ عِلْمُ ٱلْكِتَابِ
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Tafsir al-Tustari

And he who possesses knowledge of the Book.Sahl said:The Book is noble (ʿazīz), and knowledge of the Book is even nobler, as is acting by it [that knowledge]. Action is noble, but sincerity in action is nobler still. Sincerity (ikhlāṣ) is noble, but witnessing (mushāhada) in [the state of] sincerity is nobler. Being in conformity (muwāfaqa) is noble, but intimacy (uns) in conformity is even nobler. Intimacy is noble, but the proprieties(ādāb) which are appropriate to intimacy are nobler still. And God, Transcendent and Exalted is He, knows best.His words, Exalted is He:


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