Note 115 — Chapter XIV · Concerning the Doctrines held by the different sects of Ṣúfís.

Here the author cites Kor. lxxix, 40, 41; ii, 81 (part of the verse); xii, 53; and the Traditions: “When God wishes well unto His servant He causes him to see the faults of his soul,” and “God said to David, ‘O David, hate thy soul, for My love depends on thy hatred of it.’”