And on the Heights are men…He said:The People of the Heights are the people of gnosis (maʿrifa). God, Exalted is He, said: …who know each by their mark [7:47]. Their standing is due to the honour (sharaf) they enjoy in the two abodes and with the inhabitants of both, and the two angels know them. Likewise [God] enabled them to see into (ashrafahum) the secrets of His servants and their states in this world. His words, Exalted is He: