We hold back after this discourse
A wall, and we cut it off here
So that the meanings of the speech do not shine through
Lest an Opposite appears over our secret.
We do not fear, but rather it is, A testament of one who sought kindness for us.
By "testament," he pointed to the previously mentioned verse: {Indeed, if they come to know of you, they will stone you or return you to their religion, and then you will never succeed.} (Al-Kahf: 20).
And the Almighty said in Surah al-An'am: {And do not insult those they invoke other than Allah, lest they insult Allah in enmity without knowledge. Thus We have made fair-seeming to every community their deed. Then to their Lord is their return, and He will inform them about what they used to do.} (Al-An'am: 108).
And the Almighty said: {Then did they feel secure from the plot of Allah? But no one feels secure from the plot of Allah except the losing people.} (Al-A'raf: 99).
As for the meaning of Plotting (al-Makr), it is the manifestation of Obfuscation (al-talbis) upon them by affirming [the appearance of] eating, drinking, death, killing, crucifixion, error, oversight, forgetfulness, incapacity, and all human states; as well as the praising of their devils (abalisatahum) who existed in their time, and the




