My desire is God himself, and as an indication of it is my perception of him, the scope of which is the return to him. Afterwards we ought to have the knowledge of three perceptions. The _Imánah_ conform themselves to the religion of the community which is composed of the people of the temple; but it is required that we acquire in Medina the knowledge of what the prophet is, and that we enter through the doors (chapters) of sciences, in which twelve Imáms are to be praised; whatever further is behind this religion will belong to that of the heretics. Of the two other religions, the one is that of the _people of pious austerity_; and this again is divided into two sects: the one comprehends the ancient _Ashrákíán_, who did not follow the prophet; and the second consists of the _Matákherîn_, “the moderns,” who, known under the name of “Sufis,” believe the prophet, and in theory and practice conform themselves to him and to the Imáms. They say, the prophet showed the way of righteousness and revealed the hidden; and the Imáms also taught purity, which from them was conveyed to us; the Imáms, by their pious austerity, promoted the purity of manners, and practised abstinence from food and sleep; the lord of the prophetic protection committed this religion to Alí; and Alí was the delegate of this pious austerity, the chief master, the Amir of the true believers; _Hassan Baśri_[582] was one of the devoted followers of the Amír, and _Báyazîd_ was the disciple of the Imám _Jâfr sadek_;[583] _Mârúf Kœrkhí_, “the celebrated of Karkh,”[584] gave the hand of devotedness to the Imám _Reza_.[585] Similar to them is the sect _shigref_, “the venerable,” who think themselves the vice-regents of the Imáms, and lieutenants of the prophet (the peace of God be upon him):[583][**extra anchor] their sayings deserve no attention, as in our religion there never was a lieutenant, whatever from a spirit of vanity they may assume. These men are professedly monks, and these are numbered among heretics. The second sect is that of the _Istidlal_, “the arguers,” and of old[586] they were called _Masháyín_, “the walkers, peripatetics;” they did not follow the prophet, and the moderns call them _Matkalemín_, “scholastics.” These sectaries are said to mix the principles of the true faith with the belief of the peripatetics, and are also reckoned heretics:[587] because the true religion is that which the lord professed, and this is the religion of the Akhbárins.