Then He ascended with him to the Clear Horizon until He extracted him as a subtle, Station-based Veil (Hijaban Maqamiyan) and cleared him from the attributes of birds, and elevated him from this rank according to his state within it for its time. And the Luminous Attributes of Allah from my grandfather, the Messenger of Allah—Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Progeny—were like the strength of the Strong from him, or the movement from the mover, or like the sight from the seer. And he drew near, then he hovered over him; from Him to him he drew near—that increase from Allah after the recompense. And this, my brother, is a long report, of which this portion suffices me.

And Ali bin Muhammad narrated to me from his father through various paths, from Jabir bin 'Abdullah, who said: I heard the Abundant Provider of Light (Baqir al-Nur), may His glory be exalted, speaking to the Mother of Dew (Umm al-Nada), Hababa, a long discourse from which I gained [this]: "Patience, O Ummah ¹ , for behold, Allah has established for you from Him according to what you were entrusted with regarding Me; and with Him is an increase there, when the Six Days return in that which you shall see of Him: the Clear Truth." Jabir said: I said: "O my Master, were there days and nights before the creation of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, that I may know their matter from you?"