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Peace be upon you.
If God is greater than can be described—
َّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحيمِ—then does the true delight of divine oneness lie in understanding Him, or in admitting that we cannot?
The true delight of divine oneness lies in a mode of understanding that transcends ordinary comprehension and leads us to the divine state beyond all description. This delight surpasses the ordinary pleasures we experience through understanding and thought. The state beyond description is a state beyond pleasure—it lies beyond pleasure itself.
Every reality that gives rise to delight, pleasure and joy surpasses them all. The delight of the transcendent station surpasses pleasure itself; it is a station beyond all delights!
Put more simply, the pleasure a person experiences through understanding, reflection and the senses is more refined than the pleasure experienced through transcendent understanding.
Indeed, transcendent understanding leads the human being to the divine beyond all description, whose delight surpasses every delight!