Rational contradiction or paradox of being separate from God and needing to draw nearer vs. Allah being nearer to you than your jugular vein.
“O you who have not yet reached the end of the path, do not despair for love is with you in every breath.”
Tasbih (absolute immanence) and tanzih (absolute transcendence).
We can’t force the hand of God, “if I do the right ritual, than God has to give me the goods”. Muhammad said he couldn’t do a prayer worthy of God.
Mysteries of Ikhlas, ahadiyyah and samadiyyah, how the infinite being can experience finiteness.
Fana’ ul fana’, letting go of letting go.