and Abd Allah was held back from the answer which was his belief of monotheism, and he commended me to the group ¹ after I explained to him what I believe of the science of monotheism, and he said to me: I commend you, O Yusuf ibn al-Ajuz, that you do not incline toward [the possessors of corrupt intellects] ² after [you have believed] ³ the truth and the saying of honesty, so do not listen to them, and do not change that which you are upon, so I accepted his commandment and I did not [return] ⁴ to associate with anyone of them after that time, nor did I testify for them to a truth, and I used to associate with the people of al-Manasif and I accompanied the people of Isfīn and I stayed with them [in companionship] ⁵ and association until the teacher Jamie, may God have mercy upon him, was [moved] ⁶ , so I broke off after that from all the brothers and I did not [return] ⁷ to witness anyone of them in a station due to what I saw from them of abandoning the rights and destroying the laws,