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« [90:14] or to give food on a day of hunger, in order to uphold what is demanded by your faith, not by way of any oppression (ẓulm) or transgression (ṭughyān) that is for the pleasure of your natural self (nafs al-ṭabʿ).8 [90:15] or [give food] to an orphan of kin (dhā maqraba) The orphan here refers to the heart (qalb), and its food is fidelity (wafāʾ). The destitute person (miskīn) refers to the mystic who is bewildered (mutaḥayyir) ⸢and grieving (ḥazīn)⸣.9 His food consists of [divine] graces (alṭāf).10 [Such a one] is in a state of proximity in ‘the eyes of ’ God (dhā maqraba ʿinda’Llāh), but in a state of need and misery (dhā ‘l-matraba) in the eyes of »