As for those who believe, in the affirmation of the Oneness of essence and hold fast to it in light of the multiplicity of the attributes and their separations, and [who] are mindful of the union at the level of differentiation, He will surely admit them to mercy, from the gardens of the attributs, the quintessence of which cannot be known, and bounty, from the gardens of the Essence, and He will guide them to Him by a straight path, by remaining upright in maintaining the unity in light of the differentiations of multiplicity. Alternatively, [it means] a mercy from the gardens of the acts, bounty from the gardens of the attributes, and that He will guide them to Him by a straight path by way of the differentiations of the attributes towards the annihilation in the Essence. The former [interpretation] fits better in this instance. It is for you to effect a [similar] correspondence between the differentiations of your existence and the states of your soul wherever possible in this sūra on the basis of the rules that have already been mentioned in [the sūra of] Āl ʿImrān [Q. 3], and God, exalted be He, knows best.
