Who therefore shrinks from the religion of Abraham except he who fools himselfḍ Indeed We chose him in this world and in the hereafter he shall be among the righteous. He related that among created beings He preferred the Friend al-khalīl عليه السلام and therefore made his religion dīn the religion. The distinguishing mark [of the religion] is the declaration of [God's] oneness tawḥīd and its attri- bute is deep knowledge maʿrifa. For whoever shrinks from [Abraham's] religion or deviates from his way fa-man raghiba ʿan dīnihi aw ḥāda ʿan sunnatihi is left with falsehood fa-l-bāṬilu maṬraḥu and falls into disbe- lief wa-l-kufr mahwāhu. For the lights in their entirety are only acquired from [Abraham's] light.
