[9] And there came in the book of “[Al-Nahj]” by our master—His might was mighty—his saying: “Rather, I have integrated upon a hidden knowledge which, if I disclosed it, you would vibrate like the vibration of ropes in deep wells.”

[10] And his saying in it also: “Indeed, our matter is difficult, deemed difficult, none bears it except a believing servant whose heart Allah has tested for faith, and none comprehends our speech except trustworthy chests and grave minds.”

[11] And there occurred in the book of “[Yanabi' al-Mawaddah]” by Sheikh Sulayman al-Qunduzi, who is Hanafi of school of thought, that our master, the Commander of the Faithful, said after a long sermon: “If I willed, I could have loaded seventy camels from the explanation of Al-Fatihah,” meaning, I would have loaded seventy camels of books from the explanation of Al-Fatihah. And there came in this book also that our master said to those around him: “If I narrated to you what I hear from the mouth of Abu al-Qasim—meaning Muhammad—you would surely go out while saying that Ali is among the most lying of liars and the most sinful of the sinful.” And I ask: what is this which, if our master,