لَهُ أَدْبِرْ فَأَدْبَرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ أَقْبِلْ فَلَمْ يُقْبِلْ فَقَالَ لَهُ اسْتَكْبَرْتَ فَلَعَنَهُ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ لِلْعَقْلِ خَمْسَةً وَ سَبْعِينَ جُنْداً فَلَمَّا رَأَى الْجَهْلُ مَا أَكْرَمَ بِهِ الْعَقْلَ وَ مَا أَعْطَاهُ أَضْمَرَ لَهُ الْعَدَاوَةَ فَقَالَ الْجَهْلُ ١يَا رَبِّ هَذَا خَلْقٌ مِثْلِي خَلَقْتَهُ وَ كَرَّمْتَهُ وَ قَوَّيْتَهُ وَ أَنَا ضِدُّهُ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ لِي بِهِ فَأَعْطِنِي مِنَ الْجُنْدِ مِثْلَ مَا أَعْطَيْتَهُ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ فَإِنْ عَصَيْتَ ٢بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَخْرَجْتُكَ وَ جُنْدَكَ مِنْ رَحْمَتِي قَالَ قَدْ رَضِيتُ فَأَعْطَاهُ خَمْسَةً وَ سَبْعِينَ جُنْداً فَكَانَ مِمَّا أَعْطَى الْعَقْلَ مِنَ الْخَمْسَةِ وَ السَّبْعِينَ الْجُنْدَ الْخَيْرُ وَ هُوَ وَزِيرُ الْعَقْلِ وَ جَعَلَ ضِدَّهُ الشَّرَّ وَ هُوَ وَزِيرُ الْجَهْلِ وَ الْإِيمَانُ وَ ضِدَّهُ الْكُفْرَ وَ التَّصْدِيقُ وَ ضِدَّهُ الْجُحُودَ وَ الرَّجَاءُ ٣وَ ضِدَّهُ الْقُنُوطَ وَ الْعَدْلُ وَ ضِدَّهُ الْجَوْرَ وَ الرِّضَا وَ ضِدَّهُ السُّخْطَ وَ الشُّكْرُ وَ ضِدَّهُ الْكُفْرَانَ وَ الطَّمَعُ وَ ضِدَّهُ الْيَأْسَ وَ التَّوَكُّلُ وَ ضِدَّهُ الْحِرْصَ وَ الرَّأْفَةُ وَ ضِدَّهَا الْغِرَّةَ وَ الرَّحْمَةُ وَ ضِدَّهَا الْغَضَبَ وَ الْعِلْمُ وَ ضِدَّهُ الْجَهْلَ وَ الْفَهْمُ وَ ضِدَّهُ الْحُمْقَ وَ الْعِفَّةُ وَ ضِدَّهَا التَّهَتُّكَ وَ الزُّهْدُ وَ ضِدَّهُ الرَّغْبَةَ وَ الرِّفْقُ وَ ضِدَّهُ الْخُرْقَ وَ الرَّهْبَةُ وَ ضِدَّهَا الْجُرْأَةَ وَ التَّوَاضُعُ وَ ضِدَّهُ التَّكَبُّرَ وَ التُّؤَدَةُ وَ ضِدَّهَا التَّسَرُّعَ وَ الْحِلْمُ وَ ضِدَّهُ السَّفَهَ وَ الصَّمْتُ وَ ضِدَّهُ الْهَذَرَ وَ الِاسْتِسْلَامُ وَ ضِدَّهُ الِاسْتِكْبَارَ وَ التَّسْلِيمُ وَ ضِدَّهُ التَّجَبُّرَ وَ الْعَفْوُ وَ ضِدَّهُ الْحِقْدَ وَ الرِّقَّةُ وَ ضِدَّهَا الْقَسْوَةَ وَ الْيَقِينُ وَ ضِدَّهُ الشَّكَّ وَ الصَّبْرُ وَ ضِدَّهُ الْجَزَعَ وَ الصَّفْحُ وَ ضِدَّهُ الِانْتِقَامَ وَ الْغِنَى وَ ضِدَّهُ الْفَقْرَ ٤وَ التَّفَكُّرُ وَ ضِدَّهُ السَّهْوَ وَ الْحِفْظُ وَ ضِدَّهُ النِّسْيَانَ وَ التَّعَطُّفُ وَ ضِدَّهُ الْقَطِيعَةَ وَ الْقُنُوعُ وَ ضِدَّهُ الْحِرْصَ وَ الْمُوَاسَاةُ وَ ضِدَّهَا الْمَنْعَ وَ الْمَوَدَّةُ وَ ضِدَّهَا الْعَدَاوَةَ وَ الْوَفَاءُ وَ ضِدَّهُ الْغَدْرَ وَ الطَّاعَةُ وَ ضِدَّهَا الْمَعْصِيَةَ وَ الْخُضُوعُ وَ ضِدَّهُ التَّطَاوُلَ وَ السَّلَامَةُ وَ ضِدَّهَا الْبَلَاءَ وَ الْحُبُّ وَ ضِدَّهُ الْبُغْضَ وَ الصِّدْقُ وَ ضِدَّهُ الْكَذِبَ وَ الْحَقُّ وَ ضِدَّهُ الْبَاطِلَ وَ الْأَمَانَةُ وَ ضِدَّهَا الْخِيَانَةَ وَ الْإِخْلَاصُ وَ ضِدَّهُ

to it: Go back — and it went back. Then He said to it: Come forward — and it did not come forward. So He said to it: You have grown proud. And He cursed it. Then He appointed for the intellect seventy-five hosts. And when ignorance saw what God had honoured the intellect with and what He had given it, it concealed enmity towards it. So ignorance (1) said: My Lord, this is a creature like me; You created it and honoured it and strengthened it, and I am its opposite and have no strength against it. So give me of the host the like of what You have given it. He said: Yes; but if you disobey (2) after that, I shall drive you and your host out of My mercy. It said: I am content. So He gave it seventy-five hosts. And among what He gave the intellect of the seventy-five hosts was good, and it is the vizier of the intellect; and He made its opposite evil, and it is the vizier of ignorance. And faith, and its opposite unbelief; and assent, and its opposite denial; and hope (3), and its opposite despondency; and justice, and its opposite injustice; and contentment, and its opposite displeasure; and gratitude, and its opposite ingratitude; and expectation, and its opposite despair; and trust, and its opposite covetousness; and compassion, and its opposite heedlessness; and mercy, and its opposite wrath; and knowledge, and its opposite ignorance; and understanding, and its opposite folly; and chastity, and its opposite shamelessness; and abstinence, and its opposite desire; and gentleness, and its opposite roughness; and awe, and its opposite boldness; and humility, and its opposite arrogance; and deliberateness, and its opposite haste; and forbearance, and its opposite foolishness; and silence, and its opposite babbling; and submission, and its opposite haughtiness; and surrender, and its opposite tyranny; and pardon, and its opposite rancour; and tenderness, and its opposite hardness; and certainty, and its opposite doubt; and patience, and its opposite anxiety; and overlooking, and its opposite vengeance; and sufficiency, and its opposite poverty (4); and reflection, and its opposite inadvertence; and retention, and its opposite forgetfulness; and affection, and its opposite severance; and contentment, and its opposite greed; and mutual sharing, and its opposite withholding; and love, and its opposite enmity; and fidelity, and its opposite treachery; and obedience, and its opposite disobedience; and submissiveness, and its opposite overbearing; and safety, and its opposite affliction; and loving, and its opposite hating; and truthfulness, and its opposite lying; and truth, and its opposite falsehood; and trustworthiness, and its opposite betrayal; and sincerity, and its opposite