THE UNITY OF GOD[1]
There are four stages in the belief in the unity of God. The first is to utter the words: "There is no God but God" without experiencing any impression in the heart. This is the creed of the hypocrites. The second is to utter the above words and to believe that their meaning is also true. This is the dogma of ordinary Muslims. The third is to perceive by the inward light of the heart the truth of the above Kalima. Through the multiplicity of causes the mind arrives at the conception of the unity of the final cause. This is the stage of the initiates. The fourth is to gaze at the vision of an all—comprehensive,
- ↑ Ihya IV 5.
