Allah is too Sublime to descend into a dense1, murky house, but He descends into His Warning Soul (Al-Nafs al-Muhadhira), which is the Goal/End, and He manifests Himself in the Human Nature (Nasut). This is [the meaning of] His saying:
"And Allah warns you of Himself." The Goal is the first of the stations of Allah.
We said: "Upon whom does the Name fall (apply)?"
He said: "The name ‘Ali’ applies to the Human Nature (Nasut), and the name ‘Allah’ applies to the Divine Nature (Lahut). Ali is Allah and Allah is Ali, because that Human Nature was known by its name, just as the human nature of every creature is known by its name. It was only called Nasut (Human Nature) by this expression for the sake of existence and to establish the possibility of Gnosis (Ma'rifa)."