 Also, one must mention Ḥamīd al-Dīn Kirmānī (d. 996–1021 CE) and his numerous writings on Sufism and gnosticism, the most notable of which is his Repose of the Intellect (Rāḥat al-‘aql). A prominent Ismā‘īlī philosopher, considered by some as the “Ismā‘īlīs’ Ibn Sīnā,” he argued that an understanding of truth is based on two precepts. First, one has to live a morally virtuous life and second, the adept must prepare himself philosophically. The chapters of Rāḥat al-‘aql are called aswar (walls) and the paragraphs, mashāri‘ (paths). The novice has to travel through fifty-six paths within seven walls in order for the soul to gain the knowledge of Reality. Reality, according to Kirmānī, is divided into four different levels: first is the world of Divine creation or the incorporeal world (‘alām al-ibdā‘), second, the corporeal realm (‘ālam al-jism), third, the domain of religion (‘alām al-dīn), and finally, the return of the world to its original unity with God (Baumstark 1932; Corbin 1961; Corbin 1964, 130–1; Hunzai 1986).