Chapter 12 discusses different types of people, such as the ignorant and those with knowledge. How does it suggest they are treated by saints and God?

According to the teachings in Chapter 12, there is a distinction in how different people are perceived. It describes some as ignorant, wallowing in the desire for wife, son, and wealth, not knowing the spiritual supreme goal. However, the chapter explains that God affectionately caresses these ignorant and innocent ones, and a saint might even devote his life to them. In contrast, pride is said to burn those who are turned away from God. The chapter concludes this point by emphasizing that firm faith is what truly manifests and that the "stiffness of dry knowledge is fruitless."