Know that knowledge is a source of mercy. I have taught you what dignity is and that it is the divine definition that this which He bestowed on you is a blessing from Him that does not detract from your portion in the hereafter nor is it a reward for any of your deeds except simply because of your coming, and that your coming to it was only due to your ignorance of it. You did not see him at the beginning, as was agreed upon by Abu Yazid when he set out to seek the truth from Bastam at the beginning of his mission. Some men met him and said to him, “What are you asking for, Abu Yazid?” God said, “What you are seeking I left in Bastam.” So Abu Yazid realized how to seek it, when God Almighty says, “And He is with you wherever you are.” There is neither knowledge nor faith, so if God forbids you to acquire the knowledge of witnessing it, then there is nothing less than belief in it. That is why we said: “He did not come to it except from his ignorance.” And since this group had no c