The Man of Light in Iranian Sufism Quotes

“Now,the very idea of this warfare is dramatically unfolded when we
come to the Fravartis of human beings. In the prelude to the
millenniums of the period of mixture, Ohrmazd offered them
the choice from which their entire destiny originates: they
could either live in the celestial world sheltered from the ravages
of Ahriman, or else descend to earth there to be incarnated
in material bodies and struggle against the counterpowers
of Ahriman in the material world. Their answer to
this proposal was the yes which gives their name its full meaning,
most significantly for our purpose: those who have chosen. In
practice the fravarti incarnated in the terrestrial world finally
became identified in religious representations purely and simply
with the soul.”
― Henry Corbin, The Man of Light in Iranian Sufism

“My friend, shut your eyelids and look at what you see. If you
tell me: I see nothing—you are mistaken. You can see very well,
but unfortunately the darkness of your nature is so close to you
that it obstructs your inner sight, to the point that you do not
discern what is to be seen. If you want to discern it and to see it in
front of you even with your eyes closed, begin by diminishing or
by putting away from you something of your nature. But the path
leading to that end is spiritual warfare. And the meaning of
spiritual warfare is putting everything to work so as to repel the
enemies or to kill them. The enemies in this case are nature, the
lower soul, and the devil.”
― Henry Corbin, The Man of Light in Iranian Sufism