‘ILM AL-YAQÎN - علم اليقين

  

1-‘Ilm al-yaqîn: Acquiring certain knowledge through ‘Ilm. That is to say, to know the existence of something through its indications.

2-‘Ayn al-yaqîn: Acquiring certain knowledge through seeing. That is to say, to know something by seeing it with the eye.

3-Haqq al-yaqîn: Acquiring certain knowledge with its haqiqah. That is to say, to know something by getting inside it. We explain these three words through the lesson we received from our beloved Ustadh Hazrat Bediuzzaman:

For example, we see smoke from a far distance. We know that there is a fire. This is called ‘Ilm al-yaqîn. We approach that smoke; we see the fire with our eyes. This is called ‘Ayn al-yaqîn. Then we get inside the nûr of the fire and understand the degree of its heat. This is called Haqq al-yaqîn.

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