The Kashf al-mahjúb: The oldest Persian treatise on SúfiismHujviri, ‘Ali ibn ‘Usman
Islamic
The Kashf al-mahjúb: The oldest Persian treatise on Súfiism
Hujviri, ‘Ali ibn ‘Usman
Sufism -- Early works to 1800
impossible, because saintship involves veracity, and he who tells a
falsehood is no saint. Moreover, a saint who pretends to prophesy casts
an imputation on (the genuineness of) evidentiary miracles, which is
infidelity. Miracles (_karámát_) are vouchsafed only to a pious
believer, and falsehood is impiety. That being so, the miracles of the
saint confirm the evidence of the prophet. There is no difficulty in
reconciling the two classes of miracles. The apostle establishes his
prophecy by establishing the reality of evidentiary miracles, while the
saint, by the miracles which he performs, establishes both the prophecy
of the apostle and his own saintship. Therefore the veracious saint says
the same thing as the veracious prophet. The miracles of the former are
identical with the evidentiary miracles of the latter. A believer,
seeing the miracles of a saint, has more faith in the veracity of the
prophet, not more doubt, because there is no contradiction between the
claims made by them. Similarly, in law, when a number of heirs are
agreed in their claim, if one of them establishes his claim the claim of
the others is established; but not so if their claims are contradictory.
Hence, when a prophet adduces evidentiary miracles as evidence that his
prophecy is genuine, and when his claim is confirmed by a saint, it is
impossible that any difficulty should arise.
Footnote 120:
The name _mu`jizat_ is given to a miracle performed by a prophet,
while one performed by a saint is called _karámat_.
_Discourse on the difference between Evidentiary Miracles_ (mu`jizát)
_and Miracles_ (karámát).
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