for the Real appears in existence only through the forms of the affairs. This person’s reliance is thus divine reliance: he is described in it by the Real’s description, in receiving the affairs through which He appears to the cosmos. This belongs to knowledge withheld from those unqualified for it. Know this. “God speaks the right and guides the way” [al-Ahzab 33:4].
Section Forty-Seven: Reliance upon the Promise before Its Coming to Be, Which Is Reliance upon the Nonexistent because of the Promise’s Truthfulness
Know that this domain is among those through which God relieved His servants. It is the Breath of the All-Merciful, for a true report, when it is not a ruling, admits no abrogation. Promise and threat have come by way of report. The Breath of the All-Merciful brought the promise’s fixity and fulfillment, and suspension of judgment concerning the execution of the threat in regard to each individual.
Revealed law descended in the language of the Messenger’s people, God bless him and grant him peace, addressing them according to their shared usage. Their shared usage concerning one described by generosity and perfection includes fulfilling the promise and removing the threat’s ruling. The people of the language said
