It is of the delicacies [ latāyif ] of divine sciences [...

It is of the delicacies [ latāyif ] of divine sciences [ ma'ārif ] and of the secrets of religious facts that only few can scientifically get some information about them, except the perfect godly men, at the head of whom is the very person of the Seal of the Prophets ( s ), and then, with his assistance, the others of the godly men and the people of knowledge.

No other one can, by way of intellectual intuition, know this divine delicacy [ latīfah ], because this truth cannot be discerned except by attaining to the world of inspiration and getting out of the limits of the worlds of possibility. We shall, in this stage, refer to this truth by way of hints and expressive allegories.

It must be noted that the hearts which travel to Allah by way of spiritual sulūk and internal journey, and migrate from the dark station of the self and from the house of I-ness and selfishness, are, generally, divided into two groups. First, those who, after finishing their travel to Allah, death overtakes…