he said o allah forgive me! that is not because of me but because i thought that peoples desires had become isolated from me and had despaired of me and that i had mastered this door and perfected it and had placed despair in their hearts and cut off the causes of thoughts. so i saw myself as one of them for one of the reasons for a persons bankruptcy is peoples desire for him because if they desire him they will devise schemes for him and set traps for him.
قال اللهم غفرا! ليس ذاك بي إنما بي أني قد كنت أظن أن أطماع الناس قد صارت بمعزل عني، وآيسة مني، وأني قد أحكمت هذا الباب وأتقنته، وأودعت قلوبهم اليأس، وقطعت أسباب الخواطر. فأراني واحدا منهم إن من أسباب إفلاس المرء طمع الناس فيه؛ لأنهم إذا طمعوا فيه، احتالوا له الحيل، ونصبوا له الشرك