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-^Chapter Seven^-<br />

YOU MAY KNOW, ALLAH BLESS YOU, that beings<br />

have ranks. The High Being of creation is the noblest,<br />

most distinguished and the most perfect rank. Next to<br />

that in rank is the mind, the spirit and then the<br />

primordial all of which is not moving and cannot be described<br />

by a distance motion. Next to the primordial in rank is the orbit<br />

of nature which is initially a motion as well as a stillness from<br />

which being and corruption in this world evolved. Next to that<br />

is the orbit of the D. After this rank, there is a common matter<br />

which possesses sensory perception. This means that things<br />

exist in it by force and not by nature. Next to that are the<br />

Elements which interact in that common matter, since the<br />

Elements only interact in matter. Then next to the Elements are<br />

metals, then plants, then animals and then the speaking ones<br />

among them. This rank is different from the first rank because<br />

the first rank, the mind, is a noble rank that descends until it<br />

reaches the lowest rank, the rank of the orbit of the D. After it<br />

reaches the lowest level, it begins to ascend to the highest rank,<br />

the rank of speaking animals, because they possess wisdom and<br />

they act willfully, not by force. Be aware of that, O seeker of<br />

wisdom, and you will gain a great fortune and the ultimate<br />

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