In Section 97 of Subhat al-Abrar (from the Haft Awrang), Jami elaborates on a grammatical and theological distinction in Sufi psychology between two levels of sincerity (ikhlas):

1. Mukhliṣ (active participle, 'the one who acts sincerely'): A seeker who actively strives to be sincere but still attributes this sincerity to their own ego (nafs). Jami warns that as long as one takes personal credit for piety, they remain in a subtle state of polytheism (shirk). This state of vulnerability explains the Sufi maxim that 'the sincere are in grave danger' (al-mukhliṣūna 'alā khaṭarin 'aẓīm).
2. Mukhlaṣ (passive participle, 'the one who is purified or chosen'): A seeker who, by divine grace, has been completely emptied of selfhood (nafs) and beholds all sincerity as originating from and belonging solely to God.

At the peak of spiritual realization, the mystic transcends this division and represents both dimensions: they are mukhlaṣ because they attribute all agency ...