And this is the meaning of the servant's passing away (al-fana') into Allah, not as the people of ignorance imagine of indwelling (al-hulul); and the Unseen (al-Ghayb) is that whose knowledge is hidden, like the Resurrection and its like.

And vigilance (al-Muraqabah) according to the Sufis is the continuity of the servant's knowledge of the Lord's awareness of him in all his states.

The youth's asceticism is not by prohibiting what is lawful, Of marriage, food, and drink

Nor by binding oneself in monastic ties, or isolating

In mountains, nor by patching garments. Rather, it is through moderation in what He made lawful, and avoiding

What is unlawful, while desiring the permissible.

And the difference between the miracle (al-Mu'jizah) and the charismatic marvel (al-Karamah) is that the possessor of a miracle has the right to challenge—meaning to demand a counter-demonstration—in order to expose the inability of the denier, whereas that is not permitted for the possessor of a charismatic marvel.