the secrets to him all at once but he proceeds gradually and takes into account matters. the first is that he limits himself at first glance to mentioning the foundation of the school of thought and says that the beacon of ignorance is the peoples arbitration of their deficient minds and their contradictory opinions and their turning away from following and receiving from the chosen ones of god and his imams and the pegs of his land and those who are the successors of his messenger after him. among them is he to whom god has deposited his hidden secret and his stored religion and revealed to them the inner meanings of these phenomena and the secrets of these examples. and that guidance and salvation from misguidance are by returning to the quran and the people of the house. for this reason he peace be upon him said regarding what was said and from where will the truth be known after you? he said did i not leave among you the quran and my family? he meant his descendants for they are the ones who understand the meanings of the quran. at first glance he is limited to this amount and does not disclose the details of what the imam says.
الاسرار اليه دفعة واحدة ولكن يتدرج فيه ويراعى امورا الأول انه يقتصر في اول وهلة على ذكر قاعدة المذهب ويقول منار الجهل تحكيم الناس عقولهم الناقصة وآرائهم المتناقضة واعراضهم عن الاتباع والتلقي من اصفياء الله وائمته واوتاد أرضه والذين هم خلفاء رسوله من بعده فمنهم الذي اودعه الله سره المكنون ودينه المخزون وكشف لهم بواطن هذه الظواهرواسرار هذه الامثلة وان الرشد والنجاة من الضلال بالرجوع الى القران واهل البيت ولذلك قال عليه السلام لماقيل ومن أين يعرف الحق بعدك فقال الم اترك فيكم القرآن وعترتي وأراد به اعقابه فهم الذين يطلعون على معاني القرآن ويقتصر في اول وهلة على هذا القدر ولا يفصح عن تفصيل ما يقوله الإمام