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hand, he must only pay Nafs and sometimes to higher
attention to God with inner levels of truth than the names
attention and behavioral and attributes of all Divinity.
reflections. So that his heart (Honerkamp, 2012)
has no room for anything
except God. • Silence
Seclusion means staying we have two kinds of silence.
away from those whose In its general meaning, it is to
supreme destination is not keep the tongue from
God. (Ibn Arabi, 2009: 34-35) unneeded speech and immoral
speech with people. The
• Vigilance wayfarer to reach the path of
Vigilance has a general truth must first clear his
meaning and differs according tongue of moral vices.
to the different levels and In its particular meaning, it
degrees of the wayfarers. means the wayfarer reaches
At the beginning of the the level and degree that the
journey, vigilance means to material world becomes so
avoid what does not benefit small for him and he finds
his religion and his world, and himself alone; Because he
to try not to be issued and does not enjoy being with
deeds against God's will. In others.
other words, it goes upgrade In other words, this seeker's
by degree. silence is since he does not
Sometimes vigilance is have a voice. (Tabataba'i
paying attention to one's et al, 2003)
silence and sometimes to his
