The same applies to the explanation given by others, such as Ibn Fūrak: “You know what is within myself,” meaning “what lies within what is hidden concerning me,” and “I do not know what is within Yourself,” meaning “what lies within what is hidden concerning You.” They are to be told: if the word “self” is taken to mean “what is hidden,” this constitutes distorting words from their proper places and deviating concerning Allah’s verses and names. But if what is intended is, “You know what I conceal within myself, and I do not know what You conceal