(1) The word tasawwuruh (its conception), together with the coordinating waw that follows it, is omitted from manuscript C. (2) The base text reads wa-yatakhassal; the adopted reading follows manuscript B. (3) The word iradat (volitions), together with the coordinating waw that follows it, is omitted from manuscript C. (4) “Beneficial” is omitted from manuscript C. (5) The base text reads bi-dhalik (thereby); the adopted reading follows manuscript B. (6) Manuscript C reads, “and he cannot give precedence to this,” in place of the passage from “whenever he desires” to “the object sought.” (7) Manuscripts B and C read muqliq (causing restlessness) instead of mutaalliq (attached). Ibn al-Qayyim devoted a section of Madarij al-Salikin, 3:27-32, to the ranks of love, which he numbered as ten. He said: “The first is al-alaqah (attachment), so called because the heart becomes attached to the beloved.” See also Ibn Taymiyyah, al-Ubudiyyah, p. 6. Al-Jawhari states in al-Sihah, 4:1529: “The verb means ‘he loved her’; and ‘her love attached itself to his heart’ means that he desired her.” The reading found in manuscripts B and C has strong support, for Ibn al-Qayyim discussed the station of al-qalaq (restless agitation) in Sufi terminology, describing it as an intensity of longing that strips its possessor of patience, such that he finds pleasure in death when it is mentioned. See Madarij al-Salikin, 3:59-61. (8) That is, fear. See Lisan al-Arab, 10:304. (9) Manuscript D ends here.