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Original language or English translation acceptable. One reading of ayah 54 of Surah al al-Māʾidah holds that the dot in the letter ba in one name of this concept is planted like a seed in the following word referring to humanity’s version of it. Allah lifts the veil hiding him in response to a kind of this concept “worthy of Him” in a poem by a woman who claimed she would put out the fires of hell. A treatise on this concept quotes the Hidden Treasure hadīth to argue that it is the essence of Allah. (-5[1])The (*) Sawānih rejects a distinction between “real” and “metaphorical” varieties of this concept. Attar compares committing to this concept (-5[1])to the pilgrim’s path in the The Conference of the Birds’ second section, which discusses the valley of this concept. Some Sufis teach that Iblis refused to bow to Adam due to the strength of this feeling for Allah. For 10 points, (10[1])Sufi poetry uses stories like Layli and Majnoon to allegorize (10[1])what concept between man and god? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

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