وَهٌذَا الإِعْتِدَالُ هُوَ الْمُسَمَّى (بالْعَدَالَةِ)...

“Surely the human being has three faculties [of the soul]: • The faculty of comprehension (sometimes known as faculty of intellection) • The faculty of appetite • The faculty of anger (also translated as the irascible faculty) The deviation of the faculty of comprehension towards the two directions of excess and negligence are called jurbuzah (deception) and balāhah (silliness) respectively, and its state of equilibrium is known as al-hikmah (wisdom); The deviation of the faculty of appetite towards the two directions of excess and negligence…