THE SIXTH SOURCE: Titles Mentioned in Other Bibliographical SourcesWhoever imagined that the path of supreme masters goes by claiming, then ignorance is detracting and keeping him away.The way to God is (attained) by His taking care, of whomever He wills and appraises.Due to its reality and scarcity, He would not permit unless "the spikes are covered by ears".The state is a result of the station, so if one claims, his state will verify his assertion.But the poor person imagines that knowledge is inscribed, inside the papers of their books.Nay, but what they have deposited therein, is only a plain portion of that which is baffling.People (of realities) cannot be read except by themselves, due to their states (pf proximity) with their Lord, how that can be confined!Hence, you see the intruder measuring with reason, so that it might be said he is one of them, to be magnified!But his statements are challenged if he was not expressing his true state.The knowledge of the path may not be achieved with ease, or by measuring, but you should keep striving that you might fairly reach victory.The knowledge of the people (of realities) is elevated, above the perception of someone who has not encountered affliction and baffling.Sheikh Al-Akbar Muhyiddin Ibn Al-Arabi (Al-Diwan Al-Kabeer, p. 200).
