And remember God during certain days numbered. If any man has- tens on in two days that is no sin for him; and if he delays it is not a sin for him; if he fears; and fear God and know that to Him you shall be gathered. This is a description of the last part of the [pilgrimage] ceremonies the throwing [of stones] in the days at Minā. Because of what they have offered in the pillars of the pilgrimage He lightens their load by letting them choose the duration of the stay adding [more time] or hastening to leave. [Here] the allusion is to one whose lower self has been extinguished while his heart lives on in the perpetual realities of witnessing. In his per- petual engagement in the manners of being present ādāb al-ḥuḌūr if something from the branches of devotions falls away there is a replacement for what has passed away.
