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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Adab as-Salat: The Disciplines of the Prayer Second Revised Edition Chapter 2: Concerning Cordial Considerations Of Covering The Nakedness The traveler to Allah finds himself present in the Holy Presence [ mahdar ] of Allah, the Almighty and Most High, or rather, he sees that his interior and exterior, his covertness and overtness are the very presence [ hudūr ], as it is narrated in al-Kāfī and at - Tawhīd that Imām as-Sādiq (' a ) said: “The spirit of a believer is more connected to the spirit of Allah than the connection of the sunbeam to the sun.”[^1] Yet, strong evidential arguments in the high sciences stress that the entire circle of existence, from the highest invisible stages to the lowest visible ones, is the very connection and mere dependence and want (poverty) in its relation to the Absolute Self-Existent, the Glorified and Most High.

It is probable that the reference is to this in the āyah : “ O men! It is you who are in need of Allah, and it is Allah Who is the Self-Sufficient, the Praised One.” [^2] because if a being among the beings, in a state of states, in a moment of the moments and in an aspect of the aspects, had no connection to the Might of the Holy Lord, it would be out of the spot of self-potentiality and poverty, and into the sanctuary of Self-Necessity and Self-Sufficiency.

The one who knows Allah and is journeying to Him will have to engrave this true evidential subject, this divine gnostic delicacy, by way of cordial austerities, disregarding the limits of reason and argument, on the face of the heart, in order to bring it to the borders of gnosis [' irfān ], so that the truth of faith and its light become manifest in his heart. The people of heart and of Allah step past the limit of faith onto the stage of revelation [ kashf ] and vision [ shuhūd ].

This would be possible through intense self-mortification [ mujāhadah ], privacy with Allah and loving Him. It is stated in Misbāh ash-Sharī'ah that Imām as-Sādiq (' a ) said: “The informed one (the gnostic), his person is with the people and his heart is with Allah. Should his heart be inattentive of Allah for a twinkle of an eye, he would have died of craving for Him. “The informed one (the gnostic) is the entrusted with Allah's trusts.

He is the treasure of His secrets, the source of His light, the evidence of His mercy on His creatures, the mount of His knowledge, and the criterion of His favor and justice.