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Causality as a ‘Veil’: The Ashʿarites, Ibn ʿArabī (1165–1240) and Said Nursī (1877–1960)

Pages 455-470 | Received 01 Jul 2015, Accepted 24 May 2016, Published online: 28 Jun 2016

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