They spent for the sake of God, fed for the sake of God, connected for the sake of God, severed for the sake of God, loved for the sake of God, and hated for the sake of God. So [fear] God, [fear] God regarding your soul, O Sudayr; be eager for its deliverance through your connection to the brothers, for your brother is your religion, and through him you shall be saved from the calamities of the world and the Hereafter." Then he vanished from my eyes, and I did not see him nor did I know where he went.
The Falling of the Stars
(610) From our Master al-Sadiq—exalted be his glory—that he said to Jabir: "What do the common folk say regarding the falling of these stars?" He replied: "They say: 'The arrow of God has struck,' and they argue by the words of God: {And We have certainly beautified the nearest heaven with lamps and have made them stones for the devils and have prepared for them the punishment of the Blaze}1." He said: "How blind are their hearts! Does God the Almighty shoot an arrow?" I said: "O my Master, what then are they?" He replied: "It is a believing Connaissant who has become pure and has reached the High, possessing his soul and his disclosure (ibanatahu). He has visited a human believer at that hour in his house, and the people of the earth look at him while he has fallen, descending from the High. That light is the light of the believer who has become pure, has become free, and has crossed the Obstacle."
Science and the Absence of Action
(611) My sheikh Abu al-Fath Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Baghdadi—may God be pleased with him—narrated to me by his chain from his men