“No,” Layla admitted. “It shines because it is light. It cannot help but give.”
Layla frowned. “Then we are just… a leak? A flaw in the plumbing of heaven?” al farabi theory of emanation
Samir drew a final, jagged line at the bottom. “And here we are. Far from the source. Cold. Multiple. Fragmented.” “No,” Layla admitted
“Ten intellects in total,” Layla whispered. She had read this in his commentaries. al farabi theory of emanation