It is of two types: the opening of a torment in which there is mercy and the opening of a torment that is not tainted by mercy except with us, for there is no torment that is not tinged with mercy at all, for mercy encompasses all things. As for the natural inclination, which is like the alif which is called the waw ‘alalah and the yaa ‘alalah, it is its inclination towards the truth, such as Say and proverb about it. As for the broken hamza in this remembrance, it is the motive of the truth to descend to the lowest heaven and to everything that belongs to this side of creation in the motive of truth. And if it is the motive of creation, then it is that his looking at himself encourages him to work in attaining his knowledge of his Lord, so the hamza is broken in the negative. And in the word affirmation, the negative is always broken. As for the alif of connection, it is a connection of knowledge with distinction with the presence of a simile. If there is no presence of a simile,