Chapter Fourteen: The Gnosis of the Soul and the Personifications of the Limbs and Organs.

[99] It was narrated by the trustworthy Sheikh Abu al-Husayn Muhammad ibn 'Ali al-Jilli, who said: Al-Husayn ibn Hamdan al-Khasibi (may Allah brighten his face) narrated to me, saying: Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Ghaffar al-Karkhi narrated to me, saying: 'Ali ibn Muhammad al-Kufi informed me, saying: Al-Husayn ibn 'Abdullah al-Katifi narrated to me, saying:

"I entered upon our Master Al-Hasan [al-Askari], Mighty is His Might, and asked him regarding several matters, to which he replied. Then I asked him about the Gnosis of the Soul and the saying of The Knower (Al-'Alim), Mighty is His Might:

'The most knowledgeable among you of his soul is the most knowledgeable of his Lord; and the most ignorant among you of his soul is the most ignorant of his Lord.'

He, Mighty is His Might, replied: 'Whosoever recognizes the Personifications (Ashkhas) of his [physical] composition, and the praiseworthy and blameworthy of his Pairs (Azwajihi), has indeed recognized his Lord upon knowing