and love for the improvement of their affairs by attracting their affection and sincerity towards him because that indicates that he has been given the power that lasts and subjugating them and binding them to it for himself and in that is that they do not separate from him and do not harbor evil towards him and do not see life except with him and through him and from that results the sincerity of their struggle against the enemies for him and their sacrifice of themselves for him and from the signs of that also is the inclination of the servants and companions towards him and the excellence of their reverence and awe for him without there having occurred to him at that time an apparent state that necessitates that of an increase in rank or an increase in kindness or illdoing for if that was the case it indicates the majesty of a divine event occurring in the souls that is an indication of leadership and state and from the signs of that also is the freedom of his heart from the grudges and hatreds that were in his soul towards his equals and the most important of his companions and associates in addition to them and that it is from one who loves to govern and reform not from one who corrupts
والمحبة لصلاح أمورهم باستجلاب موداتهم وخلوصهم له لأن ذلك يدل على أنه قد أعطي القوة التي تدوم وتسخيرهم وربطهم بها لنفسه، وفي ذلك أن لا يتفرقوا عنه وأن لا يضمروا له سوءا وأن لا يروا عيشا إلا معه وبه ونتج من ذلك صدق مجاهدتهم الأعداء عنه وبذلهم أنفسهم دونه ومن إمارات ذلك أيضا إقبال الخدم والأصحاب عليه وفضل إجلالهم ومهابتهم له من غير أن يكون حدثت له في ذلك الوقت حالة ظاهرة توجب ذلك من مزيد في رتبة أو زيادة في إحسان أو إساءة، فإن ذلك إذا كان دل على أبهة حادثة إلهية واقعة في النفوس طارئة عليها دلالة الرياسة والدولة ومن إمارات ذلك أيضا خلو قلبه من الضغائن والأحقاد التي كانت في نفسه على أكفائه وأجلة أصحابه وخلطائه فضلا عليهم، وإنها ممن يحب أن يسوس ويستصلح لا ممن يستفسد