I do not know.” He said, “It concerns performing acts of expiation, walking to congregational prayers, performing ablution thoroughly despite hardship, and awaiting one prayer after another.”’

He said: Know that the interpretation of his words, “I saw my Lord in the most beautiful form,” has already been given. As for his words, “He placed His hand between my shoulder blades,” there are two interpretations.

The first is that this emphatically expresses concern for his condition and care for his affairs. One says, “So-and-so has a hand in this craft,” meaning that he is fully accomplished in it.

The second is that “hand” means favour. One says, “So-and-so has a generous hand,” and, “So-and-so’s favours are many.”

As for his words, “between my shoulder blades,” if this wording is authentic, it means that He imparted various forms of kindness and mercy to his heart. Another reported wording is “between my sides,” conveying the meaning expressed when one says, “I am under so-and-so’s protection and in the shade of his beneficence.”

As for his words, “I felt its coolness,” this may mean the coolness of the favour