It is as if Al-Hussein is sitting, and it is as if the believers are visiting him, so Allah says: 'Ask Me!'

Notice the mode of address and the speaker. Al-Hussein is the one who was sitting, and he is the one who spoke to his friends, and the narration expressed Him with the divine name (Lafz Al-Jalala). Even if someone were to give it a forced interpretation to mean something other than The Meaning, it is a clear sign that supports other texts for those who contemplate.

From Ibn Abbas, peace be upon him, who said: "I saw Our Master Al-Hussein, may his glory be exalted, before he headed to Iraq, at the door of the Kaaba, with Gabriel's palm in his palm. And Gabriel was calling out: 'Come to the pledge of allegiance to Allah, the Almighty and Glorious.'"¹

We will address, when we delve into the esoteric meaning of the narrations, what the manifestation of The Meaning in him means and the concealment of the name of the Glorified One Who Does Not Become Absent.

From Al-Mufaddal bin Umar, from him is peace, Our Master Al-Sadiq, may his glory be exalted, said: "O Mufaddal, the regions of the earth boasted, and the Kaaba boasted over the land of Karbala. So Allah, the Almighty and Glorious, revealed to it: 'Be silent, O Kaaba, and do not boast over Karbala, for it is the blessed place in which Allah said to Moses: {Indeed, I am Allah}, it is the place of the Messiah and his mother, and the time of his birth. It is the bucket-well (Al-Dāliyah)² with which the head of Al-Hussein bin Ali was washed, and it is the place from which Muhammad, may his glory be exalted, ascended."³

The manifestation of The Meaning, may his glory be exalted, previously occurred in Karbala where He addressed him, "Indeed, I am Allah," from there.