Know, O bird of the flower-garden of Divine Unity and
nightingale of the garden of detachment! that in order to comprehend this
Tradition: "I was a Hidden Treasure and loved to be known Therefore I
created the Creation that I might be known", it is necessary to understand
four stations. This Tradition is upon the tongues of all people, be they of the
generality or of special rank, and is written in all the books and treatises.
As for understanding these four stations, the first is "the Hidden
Treasure"; the second is the stages and stations of "Love"; the
third is the station of "Creation" and similar matters; and the
fourth is the station of "Knowledge".
