As for "Laughter," it is the guardianship [Walaya] of the Opposites with total certainty and the inclination toward them in love; whoever does this, Allah has cut off from him the substances of His wisdom.

In another aspect: The Answer: Do not declare the Opposites as disbelievers in the presence of the general public, but believe it in your heart; for laughter is the guardianship of the Opposites.

I say: The general public [Al-Amma] are the people of disbelief, as one of the Gnostics said:

He becomes like the commoners, pointing in ignorance To a guarded, hidden, and inaccessible Unseen.

Our Master Abu Sa'id also cited in the book (The Proofs [Al-Dala'il]) another question regarding this meaning, which is about the Rock of the Temple [Sakhra Bayt al-Maqdis]: what was the reason for the Mim's [Muhammad's] prayer toward it and his turning away from it? He answered: It teaches us the prayer of the Inward Science and the turning away from the Outward Science.

Let us give you an example of that... Allah has commanded the prayer toward the Qibla by His saying (the Exalted): {So turn your face toward the Sacred Mosque [Al-Masjid al-Haram], and wherever you may be, turn your faces toward it} (Al-Baqarah 150).

Similarly, His saying (the Exalted) in Surah al-Rum: {So set your face toward the religion} (Al-Rum 30)... meaning that the Sacred Mosque