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As a Qurnic name for the phenomenon that often came to be called Sufism, some authors have chosen the
term isn, doing what is beautiful, a divine and human quality about which the Qurn says a good deal,
particularly that God loves those who possess it. In the famous adth of Gabriel, the Prophet describes isn as the
innermost dimension of Islam, after islm(submission or correct activity) and mn (faith or correct
understanding). Isn is a deepened understanding and perception that, in the words of this adth, allows you to
worship God as if you see him. This means that fs strive to be aware of God's presence in both the world and
themselves and to act appropriately. Historically, islm became manifest through the sharah and jurisprudence,
whereas mn became institutionalized through kalm and other forms of doctrinal teachings. In the same
way, isn revealed its presence mainly through f teachings and practices (see Murata and Chittick)
Through methodical concentration on the face of God as revealed in the Qurn, fs attempted to
remove the as if and to achieve unveiling (kashf), the generic term for suprarational vision of God
in the world and the soul. Ibn al-Arab asserts that unveiling is superior to reason, but he also insists
that reason provides the indispensable checks and balances without which it is impossible to
differentiate among divine, angelic, psychic, and satanic inrushes of imaginal knowledge.
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