The Real Gist Of Gnosis

The real gist of gnosis is to recognize that to God is the kingdom. When a man knows that all possessions are in the absolute control of God, what further business has he with mankind, that he should be veiled from God by them or by himself? All such veils are the result of ignorance. As soon as ignorance is annihilated, they vanish, and this life is made equal in rank to the life hereafter.

~ Al-Hujwiri, Kashf al-Mahjub, "On The Gnosis of God" (Tr. Nicholson).