the Hereafter, gifts among bestowals, the differing states of giving, Godwariness, and kinds of protection.
Knowledge of spirits’ bliss; the Throne, canopies (rafārif), pulpits, couches, chairs, and ranks; and where each one’s share lies.
Knowledge of opposites; the higher drawing near as distinct from the lower; shades; submission through lowliness; circumambulating the House and those circumambulating; why it is circumambulated and through what.
Knowledge of rapture, pearls, wayfaring, divine and worldly adornment, its varieties, and what is praised among them.
Knowledge of white limb-markings, taḥjīl; sanctifying self-disclosure; divine recompense; bringing down unseen things; obligation; will; alteration and substitution; and being singled out. Within every category of sciences we mentioned lie sciences. “God speaks the truth, and He guides the way” [al-Ahzab 33:4].
Chapter Three Hundred and Nine: On Gnosis of the Abode of the People of Blame, from the Muhammadan Presence
This is the station of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace,
