within the limits of his own frailty and the weariness of his sight from beholding the Light of Divinity (Nur al-Lahut). This occurs without any change in the Essence of the Manifesting One—such as a movement that would necessitate a transition from His state of Inwardness (butun) to His state of Outwardness (zhuhur). Rather, any [apparent] distortion or change is solely due to the fluctuation of hearts and sights
He says: 'The most perfect Gnostic for the "People of Temperament" (Ahl al-Mizaj) is the one who negates the line of transient imagination (khayal) produced by illusion regarding His Essence, and who negates any limitation (hadd) during His manifestation. [Such a Gnostic is] like the Blessed Tree springing forth from Mount Sinai, which is characterized by transcending the limits of spatial directions—as in the Almighty’s saying: {"A blessed tree, an olive, neither of the East nor of the West"} 1 . This is achieved by affirming the Manifest Power, realizing the Truth of Visual Existence, and lifting the restriction from the Witnessed Attribute—without [materially] affirming it or affirming anything other than it. She [the Attribute/Form] is He, yet He is not she.