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[ Characteristics of loyalty, dissociating oneself from enemies ]
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Among these are the characteristics of the loyal ones, disavowing oneself from enemies from Chapter 465. He said, “If the knower disavows someone whose enmity to God is valid, then he should beware of disavowing him, for he disavowed only a divine name that he must venerate.” He said, “If he disavows himself by disavowing God, he is relieved, so God is the disavower, not the same as he curses with the curse of God and becomes angry.” By the wrath of God, and he is satisfied with the pleasure of God, and in all of this he has no attribute of his own. Abu Yazid al-Bistami said, “I have no attribute. Acquittal of enemies is not valid except for God and His Messengers, peace be upon him. And whoever reveals the seals and others, it is not theirs to disavow, but it is theirs not to take them as allies, to extend to them affection.” Other than that, he said, “If God had disavowed his enemy, he would not have provided for him, nor bestowed blessings upon him, nor looked at him.” He has i


