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Firasa — the believer's insight

الفراسة

A light God casts into His servant's heart by which he perceives hidden states; the hadith says: beware the believer's firasa, for he sees by God's light — the nearest door of the unseen opened to the godfearing 1.

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A light God casts into His servant's heart by which he perceives hidden states; the hadith says: beware the believer's firasa, for he sees by God's light — the nearest door of the unseen opened to the godfearing 1.

People and things also explored

The wind that destroyed Aad· The questioning and punishment of the grave· Dreams (ahlam)· The prophets' dreams· The hereafter: the grave, resurrection and reckoning· Al-barzakh· Absolute unseen (al-ghayb al-mutlaq)· The Basin (al-Hawd) of the Prophet on the Day of Resurrection

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  1. Jami' al-Tirmidhi
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