and He guides the way” [al-Ahzab 33:4].
Chapter Two Hundred and Seventeen: On Gnosis of Trace and Mark, and Their Mysteries
Trace is the effect you have been given,
And mark is what the report indicates.
Dwellings whose trace has been effaced
Contain no lesson for the rational person.
The mark serves to distinguish, if you possess
Gnosis and your consideration is sound.
Of them both His saying informed us:
“Their sign is in their faces from the trace.”
In beginningless eternity they possessed all
That the Lord of decree and determination made manifest.
Yield the affair to His knowledge,
And through Him be among the party of those who give thanks.
He has a greater claim upon us. Do not be
Among the party of those who deny or disbelieve.
(Mark as a Sign and Trace as an Effect)
