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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 December 2009
1 Cf. Qushayrī, “It begins with flashes of light, then rays, then the light shining forth in its full splendour.” Risāla, p. 53 (ed. Cairo, 1867) and Ghazālī, “If the mysticis free from all distraction, the Light of God will shine upon his heart and it will be at the first like a blinding flash of lightning. Its sojourn is but brief, but it will return, for it is the prelude to a constant communion with God.” Ihyā', iii, 167, 17 (ed. Cairo, A.H. 1272).