۞

« sins, level upon level, just as He has said: Verily the hypocrites will be in the lowest level of the Fire [4:145]. His words: [8:46] …[and lest] your strength (rīḥ) fade…4 That is, your power (dawla). His words: [8:48] …He turned his back...5 [That is], whence he came. His words: [8:53] Because God will never change a grace that He has conferred on a people, until they change that which is in themselves… He [Sahl] said: Verily God most High has privileged the prophets  and some of the veracious (ṣiddīqūn) by acquainting them with the blessings (anʿām) He had bestowed upon them, before they disap- »