 he said o soul that is envious of these great things that overlook these hideous matters. are you not the one who was not satisfied with all this until you surpassed the world and what is in it and leapt over it from all its sides so you saw the first one and stood at the first truth the creator of the world and what is in it so you looked upon him as he and imagined that he created everything below him because of your imagination of everything that you witnessed with your senses so you encompassed all this with knowledge and encompassed all of it with understanding?
قال يا أيتها النفس الغابطة لهذه العظائم المشرفة على هذه الأمور الشنيعة. ألست التي لم يكفك هذا كله حتى تجاوزت العالم بما فيه، وطفرته من جميع نواحيه، فشاهدت الواحد الأول، ووقفت إلى الحق الأول المبدع للعالم بكل ما فيه، فأشرفت على انه هو، وتوهمت إحداثه لكل ما دونه لتوهمك لكل ما شاهدته بحواسك، فأحطت بكل هذا علما، واحتويت على جميعه فهما