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When the tongue, in describing God, reaches the point of declaring His greatness and transcendence, can we say that silence (reflection without words) holds a higher place in the knowledge of divine oneness?
َّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحيمِ
At the height of sincerity, the mystic’s silence is the highest expression of God’s perfection, and it holds a place above speech. It comes after one has become certain of God’s majesty, and is itself an inward, wise form of speech.
The mystic’s silence, at the height of sincerity, is the supreme expression of divine praise.
Just when the tongue and speech falter in describing Him, his true voice begins to speak.
Silence born of illumination is not emptiness. It is not the silence of an ordinary person with nothing to say. This is the silence that comes after certainty, not before it. It is the unspoken language of one who has attained such certainty of God’s majesty that he knows every word falls short of describing Him. This silence is itself an inward utterance. Wise silence is called the “supreme utterance.”