here are two commentaries from the translator
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Here are two commentaries from the translator (Wahid Baksh Rabbani) of The Kashful Mahjub (Unveiling the veiled) by Syed Ali bin Uthman al-H!weri"age #$% &&& '(n a ntshell) oneness of Being (Wahdat-al-Wujud) in (slam means that nothing in this world can contain *od) bt *od contains everything& +r nothing is *od) bt nothing is se,arate from *od& -hat is why the conce,t of hulul and ittihad (incarnation) are against the tenets of (slam& Hulul and ittihad ,res,,ose mlti,licity of being) whereas (slam ,roclaims oneness of Being &&& that is .ivine Being& -his conce,t of *od does not violate the ,rinci,les of Shari/ah in any way& What ha,,ens in the state of fana-fi-Allah is that man does not become *od) bt he is lost in *od/s Being& 0ike an iceberg which when fro1en) assmes a se,arate e2istence) and becomes one with the sea when it melts& Similarly) when the seeker is in the state of fana, he is one with *od and when in baqa, he assmes the sha,e of an iceberg) cold) hard) and limited&' "age#$$ &&& 'Again Shibli says) /tauhid veils the Unitarian from seeing the beaty of His oneness&/ -his is becase tauhid is the act of man) and the act of man cannot be the means (illat) of seeing *od and what cannot be the means of seeing *od) is necessarily a veil& 3an) with all his attribtes is something other than *od becase if his attribtes (sifat) are regarded as .ivine Attribtes) then man who is the ,ossessor of these attribtes becomes .ivine) and then the Unitarian (muwahhid)) Unity (tauhid) and the +ne (wahid) become intede,endent& And this is ,recisely the 4hristian notion of -rinity& -he attribte which veils a man from reaching tauhid (oneness) is a veil& And one who is veiled is not a Unitarian (muwahhid)) for other than *od in the niverse is non-e2istent&'
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