I have only provided this section as a reminder of the knowledge of God the Exalted—which He has clarified for His protégés (awliyā’)—so that the wayfarer toward God the Exalted does not cease seeking an increase in gnosis, nor believe that the ultimate end lies in whatever portion of it he has attained. This is despite the existence of the books of the Sheikhs (Mashāyikh) of the People of Tawhid, and it serves to clarify the variation of stations within Divine Knowledge, and that every lower [rank] receives from the one above it.
Thus, by the grace of God, I looked toward those practitioners beneath me from my station of gnosis, and I desired to speak to them of the grace of God upon me, in compliance with His—the Exalted—saying: {And as for the blessing of your Lord, proclaim [it]} 1 . This is so that their desire to reach what I have reached may intensify, and their aspiration may rise to act upon that which I am acting upon.
This is while acknowledging that I am the lowest of believers in station and the least of the gnostics in gnosis;