Know that the sect calls it alienation, and they mean by it the separation from the homeland in pursuit of the goal, and they use it to mean alienation from the situation, so they say in alienation, alienation from the situation, from influence in it, and alienation from the truth, alienation from knowledge, from astonishment. As for their alienation from the homelands by leaving them, it is due to their dependence on the familiar This prevents them from their goal, which they sought through repentance, and it gave them alertness while they do not know the face of truth in things, so they imagine that their goal will not be achieved except by leaving their homeland, and that the truth is outside their homelands, as Abu Yazid al-Bistami did when he was in this position. He left Bastam in search of the truth, and a man from Bastam fell upon him. The men of God are on his way, so he said to him, “Abu Yazid, what has brought you out of your homeland?” He said, “Seeking the truth.” The