knowledge, and you will be safe from distress and tribulation."

[48] And he, peace be upon him, said: "When you have known your Lord, then seek the esoteric knowledge to complete your gnosis, and act according to what you have been commanded, so you may be purified then. Pour the esoteric sciences upon yourselves, for in that is salvation."

[49] And he, peace be upon him, said: "Seek knowledge from the scholar like the teat of a sheep from which milk is milked at all times. And milk is the most wholesome of good things. Likewise, the esoteric sciences flow from the scholar, and by them, the empty hearts are filled when they act upon them."

[50] And he, peace be upon him, said: "Take the signs of your religion from the people of your faith and reject the imitators and the deficient ones who have fallen short of the knowledge of God, and they are the opponents of the believers. Indeed, God, may He be glorified and exalted, gave