And since love only relates to something that is non-existent, as we presented in the chapter on love, likewise longing cannot relate to a present, but rather relates to an absent thing that is not immediately witnessed. Therefore, longing is one of the descriptions of love, and for this reason it is expelled and reversed, so it is said that every lover is longing, and every longing person is loving, and whoever is not longing is not He who is a lover and whoever is not a lover is not a longing person. There has been news that I do not know of its authenticity. God Almighty mentioned those who long for Him and said about Himself that He longs for them most.

As befits His majesty, His longing for them is to grant them comfort by meeting those who longed for Him and the destined time that is not It changes without arriving, so there must be a delay in the existence of what the divine longing for occurred. This is if the news is true, and I have no knowledge of it, neither f