in the message of healing souls he stopped at the level of love a topic that his method in altawq did not allow him to address so he said the levels of love are five the first of which is approval which is that the observer imagines the image of the one being looked at as good or approves of his morals and this falls under the category of friendship then admiration which is the desire of the observer for the one being looked at in his closeness then familiarity which is loneliness towards him when he is absent then
وفي رسالة مداواة النفوس توقف عند درج المحبة، وهو موضوع لم يتح له منهجه في الطوق أن يعالجه فقال درج المحبة خمسة أولها الاستحسان وهو أن يتمثل الناظر صورة المنظور إليه حسنة أو يستحسن أخلاقه، وهذا يدخل في باب التصادق، ثم الإعجاب وهو رغبة الناظر في المنظور اليه في قربه، ثم الألفة وهي الوحشة إليه متى غاب، ثم