10 Preface إِلّا مَن خَطِفَ الخَطفَةَ فَأَتبَعَهُ شِهابٌ ثاقِبٌAli Quli Qaraiexcept him who snatches a snatch,1 whereat there pursues him a piercing flame.2 That is, of celestial intelligence. See Ṭabarī for several related traditions from the Prophet (ṣ).Cf. 15:17-18.