Fasting was more complete than prayer because it produced meeting with God and witnessing Him, and prayer is a soliloquy, not a witness, and the veil accompanies it, for God says, “And it is not for a human being that God should speak to him except by revelation or from behind a veil. Likewise, God spoke to Moses, and for that reason he asked for vision, so he linked speech with the veil and monologue with a call.

God says, “I divided the prayer between me and my servant into two halves, half of it is for me and half for my servant , and my servant has what he asks for.”

The servant says, “Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds.” God says, “My servant has praised me.” Fasting is not divided, so it is for God, not for the servant. His reward is in terms of what is God’s, and here it is. An honorable secret, so we said that watching and conversing with each other do not go together, for watching is for astonishment and speaking is for understanding. You are in a state