The inward of that is: "I am ancient to the Lord Muhammad, and Muhammad is ancient to you." Though our Lord and sheikh Abu Abd Allah al-Khasibi—may God ennoble his station—did not record this in his epistle, we have not deviated from the path of the Law. Our sheikh—may God illuminate his person—alluded to some of it when mentioning the "Sequence" (al-Siyaqa), for he mentioned the manifestation of the Meaning—glory be to His majesty—in the likeness of the form of Alexander son of Philip the Roman. There is no disagreement that [Aristotle] was a teacher to Alexander and that the latter was in need of him—this is what the People of the Outward say.

I also say: our Lord and sheikh Abu Abd Allah al-Husayn ibn Hamdan al-Khasibi—may God sanctify his soul—recorded in the sequence of his epistle among the narrators of Hadith that some manifestations are famous, known, and clear. In those is guidance for the seeker and sufficiency for the wise monotheist. As for others, he recorded them in summary and pointed to them in his poetry, saying:

And God shows manifestations in His will, in every kind among the kinds and the number;

Among the Arabs, the non-Arabs, and the pure Romans, and in Sindh, India, and Nubia, without turning away;

Among the peoples and in all the tribes, from their Qahtan and the entire lineage from Adad.

It became mandatory for us not to reject what we related, since His manifestations—glory be to His majesty—among His creation are diverse and numerous, and His power in His sovereignty has no end, nor can the knowledge of it be encompassed.

(377) It is related that the Great Plato said to Moses—exalted be his glory: "You are the one who claims the Universal Cause addresses you; inform me how that was?" [Moses] remained the entire day covered in sweat and did not answer him, then said: "The choice part of my being became pure; it faced its Element, and He addressed me with what He conveyed to me from Him." Plato then surrendered to him and submitted.