al- Sâdiq) has sent me to a rough sea whose limit cannot be...

al- Sâdiq) has sent me to a rough sea whose limit cannot be reached and whose depth cannot be attained, in which the scholars are bewildered, in which the swimmers drown, and the width of the vast space becomes narrow for the swimmer, this suffocation (of mortification) in the throats of the caliphs, whose banishment is not permitted, whose killing is unlawful, and if not that I am gathered with him by the Tree whose origin is good, whose branch is lofty, whose fruit is pleasant, which is blessed in progeny, and which’is holy in the Books, an act of unlovable results would issue from me.

That is because his severe criticism and his bad words come to my ears.” So, al- Sadiq, peace be on him, said:” Do not accept the words of the person whom Allah will deprive of Paradise, and whose abode will be the fire, because the slanderer is a false witness and the partner of Satan in seduction among men. Verily, Allah, the Exalted, said: “ 0 you who believe! if an evil- doer comes to you with a report, look…