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Rational Soul

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The rational soul

The rational soul is an individual form which makes an individual human an individual; it is the first to rely upon a subtle body formed of the vapour emitted out of the four humours. The reason is that it is the requirement of the constitutions of the forms to rely upon the matter suitable to them by its proclivity, ready for their occurrence to it. As the rational soul is the most subtle, the most pure and the hardest of the forms, it is impossible for it to rely but upon a body which may be the subtlest of the bodies, subtle to its utmost and extremely balanced. What I mean is, that it may resemble to the Origin, a condition necessary for the occurrence of the rational soul to it. We name this subtle body, which penetrates the thick body, in relation to appearance of perfections of the rational soul in it, as nasama. You try to remember this technical term.

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Fortifying the religion against distortion

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Fortifying the religion against distortion

It is indispensable for the man possessed of supreme authority who brings from God a religion which supersedes other religions that he fortify his religion against being penetrated by distortion, and this is because he unites many nations having manifold prosensities and dissimilar goals. Often people are misled by their self interest or their love for the religion which they followed previously, their deficient understanding when reasoning takes place, as a result they miss many beneficial purposes and they neglect what the religion had explicitly assigned, or they interpolate into it something extrinsic, and the religion becomes corrupted as occurred in many religions.

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The need for a Religion which Abrogates the other

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The need for a religion which abrogates the other religions

If you study thoroughly the religions present on the face of the earth. You will find that there is no inconsistency in the different religions. Indeed, there is no religious community which does not have faith in the truthfulness of its own founder, and belief in his greatness, and that he was perfect and unequalled. This is so because the people of the community find him steadfast in acts of obedience, notice supernatural events in his life, and witness the grant of his supplications.

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