the people of censure, and it bears the censure; its meaning is that the surpassed one is in the root praised, then He branched it with censure.

Among them is what Allah narrated with censure then made it a parable for the people of praise, and it bears both praise and censure; its intended meaning is censured in the root, then Allah branched it toward praise. Upon this example is what came in the Quran regarding angels of a praised root, and this may bear [the meaning of] the disbelievers. The praised one is Ahmad in this name because the praised one is Maftaq in the root and the branch; their root is one thing and their branch is from one thing, and their forms in the transformation in the branch are different even if they were one in the root.

So the angels who knew the Dominion (Malakut) are the angels of Allah; likewise, every believer who was from the world of the accursed Satan and standing by him has possessed the knowledge of Satan. The proof of that is the saying of al-Sadiq: "Indeed, the angels pass by a group of angels while they are discussing our merits, so some of them say to others: 'Cease until these pass by.'" Then he said: "Indeed, among the angels is he who does not equal a bunch of greens."

This has indicated that the angels who discuss the merits of the Masters are the people of the Inward, and the angels who passed by them are the people of the Outward. And his saying: "Indeed, among the angels is he who does not equal a bunch of greens": he intends by it those who