what has been exhausted from it is in its veins it does not care to break its covenant and no one should think or imagine that all of this is contrary to my statement written at the beginning of the letter love is a connection between souls in the origin of their upper world rather it confirms it. we have learned that the soul in this lower world has been immersed in veils and symptoms have overtaken it and earthly cosmic natures have surrounded it so they have concealed many of its qualities even if they have not dissolved it but have prevented it. so connection in truth cannot be hoped for except after the soul has prepared and become ready for it and after knowledge has been conveyed to it by what resembles and agrees with it and the natures that have been hidden are compared to what resembles them from the natures of the beloved then it is connected in a correct connection without any obstacle.
فما نفذت منها لديها عروقها فليست تبالي أن تجود عهادها ولا يظن ظان ولا يتوهم متوهم أن كل هذا مخالف لقولي المسطر صدر الرسالة إن الحب اتصال بين النفوس في أصل عالمها العلوي ، بل هو مؤكد له. فقد علمنا أن النفس في هذا العالم الأدنى قد غمرتها الحجب، ولحقتها الأعراض، وأحاطت بها الطبائع الأرضية الكونية ، فسترت كثيرا من صفاتها وإن كانت لم تحله، لكن حالت دونه، فلا يرجى الاتصال على الحقيقة إلا بعد التهيؤ من النفس والاستعداد له، وبعد إيصال المعرفة إليها بما يشاكلها ويوافقها، ومقابلة الطبائع التي خفيت بما يشابهها من طبائع المحبوب، فحينئذ يتصل اتصلا صحيحا بلا مانع.