…He knows what enters the earth…He said:[In] the inner meaning of the verse, the earth is the natural self (nafs al-ṭabʿ), and thus He knows, among the things which enter it [the natural self], that which is wholesome (ṣalāḥ) or corrupt (fasād) for the heart; and what issues from it, in the way of diverse acts of obedience (funūn al-ṭāʿāt), the traces and marks of which are clearly seen upon the bodily members; and what comes down from Heaven, God’s codes of fair conduct (ādāb) towards Him which [descend] to it; and what ascends to it, the beautiful scents and remembrance of Him that ascend to God.His words, Exalted is He: