the combination of evil and good, want and perfection, which is in fact the combination of being and non-being, is not a combination of contraries, which is impossible. for, there is a contradiction between pure being and pure non-being; but we don’t have a contradiction between shadow beings and shadow non-beings.
on the side of being there is a descent from the summit of primal being to various levels of shadow beings, and on the side of non-being there is an ascent from the abyss of pure non-being to various elevations of shadow non-beings. their combination is like the combination of opposite elements; their mutual opposition having softened down, they have been put together in combination.
glory is to god who has combined darkness with light. and praise be to him who has revealed this truth to us; we would not have got it had he not shown it to us. verily, the messengers of our lord have come down with truth.
on the side of being there is a descent from the summit of primal being to various levels of shadow beings, and on the side of non-being there is an ascent from the abyss of pure non-being to various elevations of shadow non-beings. their combination is like the combination of opposite elements; their mutual opposition having softened down, they have been put together in combination.
glory is to god who has combined darkness with light. and praise be to him who has revealed this truth to us; we would not have got it had he not shown it to us. verily, the messengers of our lord have come down with truth.
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