Obtaining what he knew that God Almighty had arranged matters and His knowledge from eternity required that such-and-such would not happen except in such-and-such a place, with such-and-such a horoscope, and because of such-and-such. So when he judged this possibility and lost his heart in some situation about a previous existence or about an existence, he departed from that place, hoping for this purpose to be achieved. The reason for their estrangement from their homelands and others like him is that some of them may leave their homeland because of the pride in it. If they see that their dignity has increased through asceticism and repentance, or if it is not mentioned, then they become famous for their repentance and goodness, this bequeaths them honor in the hearts of the people, then people turn to them with veneration, so they flee and estrange themselves from their homeland to a place where they are not known because they know themselves. With his Lord, people’s veneration