In the Seventeenth Knot of his Silsilat al-Dhahab (within Haft Awrang), Jami frames tawakkul (trust in God) as freeing oneself from bondage to the world's secondary causes (asbab) in order to rely wholly on the Causer of causes (musabbib al-asbab) — the Guarantor of Sustenance (kafil al-arzaq) and the Absolute Trustee (wakil ala al-itlaq).

Key ideas drawn from the poem:

• The seeker's foot is bound in the chain (silsila) of worldly means; Jami urges breaking that chain so as to rejoin the caravan that has traced its way back to the Causer.
• Secondary causes are only a veil over the face of the true Cause; mistaking the veil for the beloved is the error of the ignorant.
• The poem also counsels balance: one should not recklessly let go of the means one holds (the image of clinging to the date-palm so as not to fall), while still knowing that one's being and sustenance come from God alone.

This presents trust as a middle station between naive reliance on means and their...