the ultimate of their determination, and their effort be in the urging upon the divine matters and the spiritual secrets which are the ultimate purpose, and by them the victory is obtained in the abode of permanence and the neighborhood of the Highest High.

So this, O the virtuous brother and the complete scholar, is what is mandatory for the master upon his disciple; and as for what is mandatory for the disciple upon his master, it is that he be a compassionate father to him and a gentle physician, and he must not be reckless, nor tight-fisted, nor biased, nor tyrannical, nor difficult, and he must not burden anyone of them above his capacity, and he must not task him above his scope, for indeed God does not task a soul except its scope.

As it was narrated on the authority of the masters in some of the reports: That they used to, when they were asked, answer the questioner according to the measure of his question, so if he requested the increase, they answered him, and if he stopped, they did not task him.