And know that the difference between the two presences is that the grasping never occurs except through extension, and the extension may be from the grasping or it may be a beginning, for the beginning precedes divine mercy, divine anger, and mercy is an extension, and anger is a seizure, and the extension that occurs after a grasping is like the mercy with which God has mercy on His servants after the torment has befallen them, so this is Spreading after taking, and this second expansion is impossible for there to be something after it that requires taking the servant. Spreading is generally beneficial, and there may be hidden deception in this world, which is extending blessings to the transgressor, thus prolonging their blessings so that they increase in sin. This is his saying: And let not those who disbelieve think that We give them what is best for their souls. That they may increase in sin And for them is a humiliating torment, and the dictation is the abundance of life and