“In everything that I have said about the science of lights, I was assisted by those who have walked the path of God. This science is the same intuition of the inspired and enlightened Plato, guide and teacher of wisdom, and of those who were before him from the time of Hermes – the first of the wise men – to the time of Plato, including vigorous pillars of wisdom like Empedocles, Pythagoras, and others. The words of the ancients are symbolic and are not open to refutation. Criticisms made of the literal meaning of his words failed to apply to his real intentions, because a symbol cannot be refuted.” Shihāb al-Dīn Abū al-Futūḥ Yaḥyā ibn Ḥabash ibn Amīrak al-Suhrawardī
“In fact, Suhrawardi goes so far as to tell us that unless one has fasted for forty days, he will not understand his major work, Hikmat al-ishraq (The Philosophy of Illumination).” Mehdi Amin Razavi
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