There are three degrees of hudā (guidance): The first is to know the path of good and evil, as indicated in the verse, "We showed him the two ways" (al-Balad 90:10), which is alluded to in the term ishāra (subtle indication). Allah has bestowed this blessing upon all His servants. Some have benefited from it through reason, while others have benefited through the tongues of the messengers (i.e., through revelation). For this reason, Allah has said, "When they came to Semtüd'a, We showed them the right path, but they preferred blindness over guidance."
The second is that the servant is aided by being elevated in knowledge and increasing in righteous deeds, and by being moved from one ḥāl (spiritual state) to another, as indicated in the verse, "As for those who are guided, Allah increases them in guidance and gives them their taqwa (God-consciousness)" (Muḥammad 47:17).
The third is the light that dawns upon the realm of walāya (friendship with God) and nubuwwa (prophethood). Through this, Allah enables one to reach that which cannot be attained by reason alone, which acquires the possibility of obligation and learning (imkān). (Mizān, 89)
According to us, hudā (guidance) is the murīd (aspirant, disciple) being with the shaykh, and the shaykh being with Allah. It is not to be correct in interpreting a command through sound knowledge (taʾwīl), but rather to be able to obey the command without interpreting it. (Tadbīrāt, 230)