apart from the other, it yields no benefit.
• Forbearance (ḥilm) is the pollination of knowledge; when the two unite, they confer mastery in this world and the next, and people profit from the scholar’s learning. Should either be separated from its companion, benefit is lost both in giving and in receiving.
• Resolve (ʿazīma) is the pollination of insight (baṣīra); when the two come together, their possessor gains the good of this world and the Hereafter, and his aspiration reaches every lofty station. Failure to attain perfection stems either from lack of insight or from lack of resolve.
• Sound intention (ḥusn al-qaṣd) is the pollination of mental clarity; when both are missing, all good is lost, but when they unite, they yield every kind of benefit.
• Sound judgment is the pollination of courage; when the two are combined, victory and triumph ensue. If both are absent, the result is defeat and disappointment. When judgment is present without courage, the outcome is cowardice and incapacity; when courage exists without judgment, it produces recklessness and ruin.
• Patience is the pollination of insight; when they are joined, all good lies in their union. Al-Hasan said, “If you wish, you may see a man of insight who lacks patience, and if you wish, you may see a patient man devoid of insight; but if you behold one who is both patient and insightful, that is the one.”
• Sincere counsel is the pollination of reason: the stronger the counsel, the stronger and more luminous the intellect.
• Remembrance and reflection are each the pollination of the other; when they converge, they engender detachment from the world and longing for the Hereafter.
• Godfearingness (taqwā) is the pollination of reliance upon Allah (tawakkul); when the two come together, the heart becomes upright.
• The pollination of equipping oneself for the Encounter is brevity of hope; when the two unite, goodness—