{Then feared [God] and did good (ahsanu)} Meaning: They manifested Dissimulation (Taqiyyah) by performing the exoteric rituals among the Opposites, while "doing good" in their intention by rejecting belief in those rituals or professing them as religion in their seclusions and private thoughts.

{And God loves the doers of good (al-Muhsinin)} Meaning: Those who are benevolent toward their brothers by sharing religious knowledge and fulfilling their worldly needs. And God knows best.

Similar to this is what was narrated from the Master al-Sadiq—peace be upon him—also in the book al-Haft wa al-Azilla, in the eighteenth chapter, where he says to al-Mufaddal:

"O Mufaddal, there is no standing for the believer in any time, period, age, or era until he knows God and His Gates (Abwāb) and His Veils (Ḥujub). For when he knows God, and through his knowledge of His Gates and Veils, he has completed gnosis (ma‘rifah) and ascended to the rank of the "Secure and Thankful," having found rest from the shackles and burdens.

Among the firm, explicit sayings indicating that He (Almighty) did not obligate the people of the Esoteric Religion with the performance of the exoteric Five Limits is what was mentioned in the book al-Ḥujub wa al-Anwār (The Veils and the Lights) on the authority of the Master al-Sadiq—mercy be upon him—who said: "Whoever knows the Five, the Five are dropped from him." This means: whoever knows the