explanation of a sentence in asrar-al-towhid and a look at sufis' provisions

thereis a sentence by a butcher to abusaeed in one of the stories of “asrar-al-towhid”(maqamat of sheikh abusaeed abollkheir) that contains a “regretful”combination. professor shafie kadkani believes, based on what he has written inthe appendix to the book, that the “regretful” combination denotes “ridicule”and has described it; but according to the other sources,and based on the semantic structure of above-mentioned sentence it can be said that the combination means“oppression”, and thebutcher intended to express the sufis' parasitic mannerof life.  besides citing evidences thatconfirm the mentioned meaning from other texts, it has been shown, in presentpaper and through a discussion on sufis' provisions by their illuminations,that the more we get away from the earliest periods ofsufism, the illuminations get more important places in monastery system andengaging in manual jabs decreases among the sufis.   meanwhile the approach of commonpeople to sufis and thesituation made them to give illuminations are the other discussed issues.