﴿ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَٰتٍۢ لِّلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ ﴾

“Verily, in all this there are messages indeed for those who can read the signs:”

Indeed, in that there are signs for those who take note (mutawassimīn).He [Sahl] said:That is, those of spiritual perception (mutafarrisīn). Indeed, it was related from Abū Saʿīd al-Khuḍrī that the Prophet said: �Beware of the spiritual perception (firāsa) of the believer, for verily he sees with the light of God.� Then he recited, �Indeed in that there are signs for those who take note.� His meaning was those who can see into (mutafarrisūn) the secrets (sarāʾir), and an example of this is when ʿUmar said to Sāriya: �The mountain, the mountain!� His words, Exalted is He: