God it is Who splits, the grain of the heart by the light of the spirit from the forms of knowledge and [various] gnoses, and [Who splits] the date-stone of the soul by the light of the heart from character traits and virtues. He brings forth, the one who is alive in his heart from the one who is dead in his soul, at times by giving mastery to the light of the spirit over this [soul], and is the Bringer-forth, of the one who is dead in his soul from the one who is alive in his heart at other times by that [living] person's turning to it and his falling under the sway of caprice and the attributes of the soul. That is God, the One who has the power to turn over your states and making you prevail in your [various] stages. How then, are you turned away from Him to anotherḍ
