Quranic characters, including the Saint Mary, have always figured in texts of mysticism. The miracles attributed to her, the sending of heavenly food to her, and the fruition of the dried palm-date, indicate for mystics her exalted statues, her attainment of spiritual positions such as Welāyat (Sainthood), khilāfat al-kobra (great saintship), patience (Sabr), trust in God (Tawakkol), voluntary ...

The verses dealing with the face of Allah (swt) are metaphorical ones which are decisively determined through reference to the definite verses. To clarify theses verses, one should regard the orderly system of the Islamic Divine teachings as a whole. Not having had access to all the documents, sources, instructions and instruments, the orientalists looked at the system from a limited and someti...