Indeed, this "handful" is the small amount previously mentioned, and it is for concealment (tastur) only, not for belief. For He did not say: "except who drinks a handful," but rather He said: {except one who scoops a handful with his hand}. Pay attention to this subtle and precise nuance (laṭīfah daqīqah). There are many similar verses and narrations, as will be explained later, God willing.

The Christ (PBUH) also informed that God does not accept [anyone] except the one who professes the esoteric [religion], by his saying:

"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven."

What is intended by his saying: "but he who does the will of my Father" is the one who believes in the Esoteric Religion referred to in the Gospel—in the second chapter of Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthians—by his saying:

"But we speak the wisdom of God in the secret of the hidden wisdom, which God predestined before the ages for our glory."

And if someone says: "Why then did the Prophet (PBUH) perform them [the exoteric acts]?"

We say to him, as Hamza bin Ali bin Sha'ba al-Harrani—may God sanctify him—said in the book Hujjat al-Arif li-Sa'ilihi (The Gnostic's Proof for His Questioner):