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« astray and misled [others]. Then he said: Following (ittibāʿ) [is the key], following! Emulation (iqtidāʾ) [is the key], emulation! For sure, that was the way of the predecessors (salaf). He who follows [their guidance] will not go astray, but he who innovates will not be saved. His words, Exalted is He: [43:69, 70] Those who believed in Our signs and submitted themselves [to Us will be told],  ‘En- ter Paradise, you and your spouses, to be made joyful’, with the delight of the vision [of God] (naẓar), as a reward for the realisation of His oneness (tawḥīd), with which He blesses His friends, when they experience the manifestation of the [divine] »