ABSTRACT
Grounds for the Discussion. 51 versal existence of God. Both however agree in the propriety of the discussion, though upon different grounds.
Man constitutes the Lesser World, and everything Man, a that is not man is included in the Greater World ,· hv.:orldlf~n 1mse • and since every thing in the Greater World has its counterpart in the Lesser, the study of this is a duty incumbent upon all who aspire to spiritual knowledge. To know oneself is the "right way"
(~I kl_r.), for guidance in which Mohammed besought God in his prayer, "Guide us into the right way 1." Self-knowledge is the shortest road to the knowledge of God. When Ali asked Mohammed ""What am I to do that I may not waste my time?" the Prophet answered, "Learn to know thyself."
