" The Shari'a makes something
reprehensible because of what Allah made known or which He made known through
someone He has instructed. So Allah prescribed retaliation by necessity for the preservation
of the human race and to prevent people exceeding the limits of Allah. Allah says, "There is
life for you in retaliation, O you who possess intelligence (lit. cores)!" (3) (2:179) They are
the people of the core who stumble onto the secret of divine laws and wisdoms. "

― Ibn Arabi , The Bezels of Wisdom