of God, knowledge of declaring the upper and lower worlds transcendent, knowledge of willing and speech, knowledge of deeds and their details, and knowledge of divine love from a particular aspect, rather than from all aspects.
By the particular aspect I mean His love for those who repent, His love for those who purify themselves, and His love for the believers. The aspects of love are not equal, since these classes are not equal. Were this not so, what benefit would there be in distinguishing them?
Also knowledge of the divine ways, knowledge of struggling against selves and disciplining them, knowledge of remaining steadfast when inrushes come, knowledge of support through what corresponds in genus, knowledge of reproach, and knowledge of recompense in this world.
Also knowledge of solicitude, knowledge of forsaking, knowledge of gnosis of the ranks of creatures and of true knowledge as distinct from imaginal knowledge, knowledge of completeness, knowledge of lights, and what is blamed and what is praised in assigning partners.
Also knowledge of faith, knowledge of forgiveness, knowledge of love attached to engendered things and the honor of its praised form, knowledge of tidings, knowledge of divine counsels, and knowledge of God's support for His people when they are truthful with Him. God ‘speaks the truth, and He guides upon the way’ [al-Ahzab 33:4]. ‘Praise belongs to God, Lord of the worlds’ [al-Saffat 37:182].
Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty-Four: On Gnosis of the Abode of
