Işık Tapınakları: Nurların Nuru ve Ruhun Aynası

In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful. Praise be to God, who has illuminated the hearts of those who know Him with the lights of His knowledge, and has made their souls mirrors for the manifestations of His greatness. Peace and blessings be upon His chosen Prophet, and upon all his family and companions. As for what follows: the one in need of the mercy of his Lord, Shihab al-Din al-Suhrawardi, says: This book is a treatise explaining the reality of vision, how the soul connects to the higher world, and the secrets of witnessing and spiritual unveiling that follow. We have placed within it such subtleties of Illuminationist wisdom as will open the insights of those possessed of intellect and guide travelers to the straight path. Know, O brother in God, that light is that which is manifest in itself and makes other things manifest. Everything in existence that is seen or perceived derives its being and clarity from that First Light, which is the Light of Lights. When this light manifests upon the clear mirror of the soul, the forms of truths are imprinted upon it exactly as they are in their origin. This is the essence of true vision, which does not err or go astray.