The Guiding Light — Page 429
429 S u rah at-Tak a thur, Chapter 102 your total ruin. But you give no thought to these stark realities of life. You do not believe that such a thing will ever happen, but the time is fast approaching when you will see Divine punishment overtaking you in the form of diverse calamities. ” It may be stated here that there are three stages of certainty, viz. , 1. اﻟ ﻴ ﻘ ني ﻠﻢ ( ‘ilmul-yaq i n ) i. e. , “certainty by inference 2. اﻟ ﻴ ﻘ ني ني ( ‘ainul-yaq i n ) i. e. “certainty by sight” 3. اﻟ ﻴ ﻘ ني ﺣﻖ ( h aqqul-yaq i n ) “certainty by realisation. ” In the first stage a thing itself is not visible but from its visible effects a man can conclude that it exists. In the second stage not only the effects of a thing but the thing itself is visible, though its nature is not completely comprehended. In the third stage which is the stage of perfect realisation or personal experience a man both through observation of the effects of a thing on others and through realisation of its