Know, O intimate friend, may God support you with the Holy Spirit and your understanding, that the symbols and riddles are not intended for themselves, but rather they are intended for what they symbolize and for what has been riddled about them and their places in the Qur’an, all verses of consideration, and the warning to that is the Almighty’s saying: And these are parables We present for the people, for the parables did not come to be sought for themselves, but rather they came to be known. Among them are those for which it was mentioned and those for which it was set up, for example, such as the saying of God Almighty, “He sent down water from the sky, and valleys flowed in their capacity, and the torrent carried rising foam.” And of what they kindle it in the fire, seeking ornaments or belongings, there is foam. A third of it is like this. God destroys truth and falsehood. As for the scum, it disappears in vain. So He made it like falsehood, as He said. And falsehood has per