QUOTE : When man witnesses Allah in women, his witnessing is in the passive; when he witnesses <br />Him in himself, regarding the appearance of woman from Him, he witnesses Him in the <br />active. When he witnesses Him from himself without the presence of any form from him, his <br />witnessing is in the passive directly from Allah without any intermediary. So his witnessing <br />of Allah in the woman is the most complete and perfect because he witnesses Allah inasmuch <br />as He is both active and passive. Regarding himself, He is passive in particular. For this <br />reason, the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, loved women because of the <br />perfection of the witnessing of Allah in them since one does not ever witness Allah free of <br />matter. Allah by His essence is independent of the worlds. So from this aspect, the business <br />is impossible, yet witnessing only occurs in matter. The witnessing of Allah in women is the <br />greatest and most perfect witnessing. The greatest union is marriage.