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« 26–7. 4 The implication is that the secrets are sins which are to be concealed from others. See above the commentary on 83:1. The tradition is listed in Bayhaqī, Shuʿab al-īmān, vol. 5, p. 459. 278 Tafsīr al-Tustarī Then Sahl said: The weapon (āla) of the dervish is in three things: fulfilling his [religious] obligation[s] (farḍ), preserving his neediness [for God] (faqr), and keeping his secret (sirr).5 His words, Exalted is He: [86:11, 12] By the heaven and its returning,  and [by] the earth that cracks open, He said: In its outward meaning it [vs. 11] means [the sky] which repeatedly brings forth rain after »