Saint Sari Saqati says: "Two rakats of prayer offered with sincerity in seclusion are better than copying seventy or seven hundred traditions with the complete list of authorities. Some say that one moment's sincerity is salvation, but it is very rare. Knowledge is the seed, practice is the crop, and sincerity is the water nourishing it. Some say that God's displeasure is revealed in a person who is given three things; and is denied the same number. He gets access into the society of the virtuous, but derives no benefit therefrom. He performs good actions but lacks sincerity. He learns philosophy but fails to understand truth. Says Susi: "God looks to sincerity only, and not to the action of his creatures". Says Junaid: "There are some servants of God who are wise, who act as wise men, who are sincere when they act, then sincerity leads them to virtue." Mohammed, son of Said Marwazi, says: "The whole course of our actions tends towards two
