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the brain is also an illusion. This being the case, what is it that

perceives everything – that sees, hears, touches, smells and tastes, if

not the brain?

At this point we face an obvious fact: man, a being of

consciousness who can see, feel, think and exercise reason, is much

more than a mere heap of atoms and molecules. What makes a

human being is the "soul" granted to him by Allah. Otherwise, it would

be extremely unreasonable to attribute his consciousness and other

faculties to a three-pound piece of meat, which is in essence a

perception:

[It is Allah] who perfected everything He created and

began the creation of man from clay. Then He made his

posterity out of the extract of a liquid disdained. Then He

proportioned him and breathed into him from His

[created] soul and made for you hearing and vision and

hearts [i.e., intellect]; little are you grateful 92

The Nearest Being to Us Is Allah

Since a human being is not merely a heap of matter but a "soul,"

then who is it that makes the soul feel the sum of perceptions which

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