Verily I have turned my face, that is, I have surrendered my essence and my existence, to Him Who, brought into existence the heavens of the spirits and the earth of the soul, inclining [myself] away from all that is other than Him, even from my own existence, by annihilation in Him, and I am not of those that associate others [with God]', that is, I have nothing to do with idolatrous association whatsoever, be it the existence of remnants [in me] or their manifestation or otherwise.