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QUESTION 9

Explanatory Note
This Question corresponds to
Question 5 of Shabistari. It deals with the so-called -mystery of the union" and
determination of a true gnostic.
According to Shabistari, the true
gnostic is one who purges himself of all alloys of selfhood, who gambles away himself
before God. He alone then is able to understand the mystery of union; he alone attains
unity with the Lord and realises the truth of Unity of Being.
To Iqbal, the true gnosis lies in
believing that this world is transitory and is subject to decay and decline. But amidst
this universal phenomenon of death, the human ego alone is above dissolution and decay. As
we have seen, according to Iqbal, at the final stage the egos do not merge into the
Absolute but remain distinct and retain their individuality. Discussing McTaggart's
philosophy of the differentiations of the Absolute, Iqbal views the life of egos after
death as a society of egos presided over by the Highest Ego.