But among the believers, the monotheist believer does not identify himself as an Alawite, nor does he boast over the believers with this lineage. He has the right to disavow it and to say: 'The believer is more majestic than the Alawite who does not know Allah; but if the Alawite knows Allah, he is more majestic than the believer who knows Allah.'"

Then he said: "By doing so, he has spoken excellently and remains safe from envy (Hasad)—and by Allah, envy exists nowhere but among them. If they hear anything of the sciences of Allah from the believers, they envy them; and if the believers give to them, they expose their affair, broadcast their secret, narrate on their authority, and claim it for themselves and they claimed that their words are an obligation of obedience upon the believers. They love for all people to be in need of them regarding knowledge, Gnosis, and the debris of the world. Even if one of them possessed the world, his soul would turn toward taking a mite (Daniq). Verily, charity (Sadaqa) has been forbidden to them in the exoteric (Zahir) and the esoteric (Batin); the exoteric of charity is wealth, and its esoteric is the acknowledgement of this lineage among the believers and seeking glorification over them."

Then he said: "O my brother, turn away from whosoever follows this path. It was said: The monotheist believer among them disavows his lineage exoterically and esoterically until he becomes as one of the believers, commanding by them and desisting by their prohibition.