the chapter of the guard and the chapter of the informer and they have no opposite except their being lifted. the reality of the opposite is that when it occurs the first is lifted even though the speakers have differed on that and were it not for our fear of prolonging the speech on something that is not of the same type as the book we would have investigated it 1 and the chapter of separation and its opposite is the convergence of homes and convergence is not one of the meanings of love that we are talking about and the chapter of consolation and its opposite is love itself since the meaning of consolation is the rise and absence of love.
باب الرقيب، وباب الواشي، ولا ضد لهما إلا ارتفاعهما. وحقيقة الضد ما إذا وقع ارتفع الأول، وإن كان المتكلمون قد اختلفوا في ذلك، ولولا خوفنا إطالة الكلام فيما ليس من جنس الكتاب لتقصيناه ، وباب البين وضده تصاقب الديار وليس التصاقب من معاني الحب نتكلم فيها وباب السلو، وضده الحب بعينه، إذ معنى السلو ارتفاع الحب وعدمه.