Al-Sayyid Abu Shu'ayb (Muhammad ibn Nusayr) stated in the book The Image and the Parable (Al-Sura wa al-Mithal): [neither harms nor] benefits, but He—Glory be to Him—is Just in His judgment; He did not burden the people of His obedience with something unbearable to carry. Rather, He mandated upon all His creatures the Gnosis of His Knowledge ('Ilm Ma'rifatihi), the acknowledgment of His Wilaya, the affirmation of His manifestations in all His stations, and the obedience to the People of His Sacred Ranks—those whom He mandated the servants to obey and recognize. Indeed, difference and harmony [exist only] in the observer and the incapacity of the creature; the cause lies within the people of [distorted] temperament and murkiness.

Similar to this is what was mentioned in the second part of the book The Veils and the Lights (Al-Hujub wa al-Anwar) by the Sage Muhammad ibn Sinan al-Zahiri—peace be from him:

I said: "My Master, inform me about the Luminous Manifestations."

He said to me: "Listen and comprehend: This is a trial by which Allah has tested His creation. The cause is not by Him nor in Him; rather, the cause is in them."

I said: "From which aspect?"

He said: "Because He manifested Marriage in the Inward (Al-Batin), which is the Marriage of Knowledge. And Construction (Al-