…[This is] God’s way (sunna) with His slaves, which has its precedent...He said:[The word] sunna is derived from some of the names of God, Exalted is He: the letter ‘sīn’ stands for sanāʾūhu (His resplendence), the letter ‘nūn’ stands for nūruhu (His light) and ‘hā’ stands for hidāyatuhu (His guidance). His saying: God’s way means: ⸢His ‘primordial nature’ (fiṭratuhu) upon which He moulds (jabala) the elite among His servants, out of His guidance for them⸣, and thus they are [already disposed towards] the norms (ʿalā sunan) of the clear path to Him. But God, Glorified and Exalted is He, knows best. His saying: