His words, Exalted is He:

Nay indeed! You will come to know.

Sahl said:

The one who turned away from Me shall come to know that he will not find any like Me. Then he cited the following verse [in the wāfir metre]:

You’ll remember Me if you try out someone other than Me,

And you will realise I was for you a treasure.

His words, Exalted is He:

No indeed! If you were to know with certainty,

Certainty (yaqīn) is the fire, affirmation on the tongue is the wick (fatīla) and the deed is its oil (zayt).^{1These all being parts of the lamp. See above Tustarī’s commentary of Āyat al-Nūr (The Light Verse), 24:35.} Certainty begins with unveiling (mukāshafa), then [comes] visual beholding (muʿāyana) and witnessing (mushāhada).

His words, Exalted is He:

You will certainly see it with the eye of certainty (ʿayn al-yaqīn).

He said:

The eye of certainty (ʿayn al-yaqīn) is not an aspect of certainty, but it denotes the thing itself and its entirety (kulliyya).^{1Or perhaps, ‘the wholeness [of its vision]’, as in our translation of this word as it occurred in Tustarī’s commentary on 2:40. On ʿayn al-yaqīn see also IT, pp. xlviii–xlix and n. 209.}

Then on that Day you will assuredly be questioned about the comforts [of the world].

He said:

Not an hour of the night or day passes by the jinn and men among creation that does not contain a right (ḥaqq) which God holds over them, and which it is incumbent on them [to fulfil], whether they know it or are ignorant of it. And He ascertains their states on the Day of Resurrection.

Then he [Sahl] recited: Then on that Day you will assuredly be questioned about the comforts [of the world].