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-^Chapter Six^
YOU MAY KNOW, Allah bless you, that wisdom is very
noble and acquiring it is a great honor and carries with
it high prestige. Wisdom has different levels. One level
leads to another. A fully knowledgeable person is the
one who is well informed of the fruits of wisdom. He obtains
them because he loves to obtain them. Philosophers have justly
identified this level as the preference of wisdom. He who
remains below this level is not considered a human being,
although he may be a human being only by planning, because
he does not reflect on the essence of his being, which is a
microcosm of the larger world. The truth of his being is that he
is a complete entity characterized by three elements: speech,
animals and plants. This entity is characterized differently from
animals by speech. By speech, we mean that it is distinguished
because of its capability to make (talismans), recalling the absent
through reflection and forming an image and perceiving what
cannot be physically seen. Also, this entity can bring other
beings and countries into his mind, combine all other beings
and powers within itself through which he can see at night what
happens to him during the daytime. Accordingly, he is a
microcosm confined within the larger world which he
represents in form and content. He has all the characteristics of
animals, but he is differentiated by knowledge and power.
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