Abu Bakr Dulafi ibn Jahdar al-Shibli and others, and they are those concerning whom it was said in verse:

Verily Allah has intelligent servants

They left the world and feared the tribulations.

They looked into it, so when they knew

That it is not for a living person a dwelling

They made it a deep sea and took

Righteous deeds in it as ships.

And they attribute themselves by this method to the Commander of the Faithful: 'Ali, His glory is mighty, since he is the fountainhead of wisdom and the rising-place of the lights of knowledge. He said in some of his sermons describing the wayfarer, after a long speech: He has revived his intellect and caused his lower soul to die, until his monumental became fine and his coarse became subtle, and a bright light of frequent lightning flashed for him, so it made the path clear for him and traveled with him the way, and the lights propelled him to the gate of safety and the abode of honor.

Ibn Abi al-Hadid said in Sharh al-Nahj: This speech is specific to the Sufis, the people of wayfaring, and verily the Commander of the Faithful, His glory is mighty,