Indeed, expanding into exoteric knowledge to believe in it is the "expansion of provision" (bast al-rizq) of which Allah the Exalted informed us, saying: {And if Allah had extended [excessively] provision for His servants, they would have committed tyranny throughout the earth} (Al-Shura 27).

His saying, "Feed me with the bread of my portion": means "make me a believer in the esoteric knowledge mandated (al-mafrud) for us and upon us, without the other exoteric forms which Allah did not mandate upon us." Then he said: "Lest I be full and deny", which carries the same meaning we previously mentioned regarding the verse: {And if Allah had extended provision for His servants, they would have committed tyranny throughout the earth}. As for the meaning of his saying: "And say: 'Who is the Lord?'", it means that this expansion in provision which leads to tyranny necessitates for them disbelief in Allah and denial, until they reject Him just as some people of this era do.

Poverty.. Wealth... Expansion of provision (Bast). Bread., Foods and drinks... And tender meat.. And salt, sweet water, and bitter water.. And the wall..

As for the meaning of his saying: "Or lest I be poor and steal and take the name of my God in vain," it means: Does this "fullness"—which is the result of the aforementioned "expansion"—cause me to take the name of my God (who is transcendent and