He said to him: "O my master, it has been related that if gnosis and faith are sound, deeds become void?" He said: "O my son, knowledge and action are coupled; neither of them stands except by the other. The support of knowledge, its pillar, and its essence is faith; and the support of action and its essence is the safeguarding of the brothers." He asked: "O my master, what is the reason that necessitates coupling faith with the safeguarding of the brothers?" He said: "A report we related from the People of the House — Exalted Glory —." He asked: "And what is it?"

He said: It was related from Jabir ibn Yazid al-Ju'fi — from him is Peace — from al-Baqir al-'Ilm — Exalted Glory — that he said: "Indeed, Allah — Exalted Glory — created the souls of the believers from one light, not differing nor changing. He appeared to that light with luminosity, so it knew Him, acknowledged Him, and He called it; it answered and responded to Him. He extended it with a spirit from Him and supported it with a spirit of faith. Thus, that light became a spiritual, pure, and illuminating soul. He — Exalted Glory — chose for that light houses which He purified and made growth-yielding, and hearts which He guided and made clear. He made them houses for His light, mosques for His name, treasuries for His secret, and landmarks for His gnosis through which He is known, at which He is found, and from which He is sought. Their lights are illuminating, their essences are intellectual, no murkiness mixes with them, and no gloom attaches to them. They are kindled by the light of faith and look with the eye of the All-Merciful; neither dissolution nor vanishing overtakes them.

Thus, when a believer gladdens the heart of his believer brother, treats him with what he loves, meets him with what pleases him, raises him, benefits him, supports him, maintains ties with him, and desires for him what he desires for himself, that heart expands and illuminates, and that light connects to what appeared. Thus, he is thanked, the angels of heaven praise him, and Allah praises him as