He says, according to the narration of Ibn Jundub: 'When the Higher World beheld Him—wearing a Crown of Light, manifesting in His Unveiled Form, and veiled by the Majesty of the Supreme Might (al-Jabarut)—the Angels magnified Him (kabbarat-hu), glorifying His praise and sanctifying Him.'

He says: 'The first to declare His Oneness through the attribute of His Unveiled Form, and to witness Him in His Luminous Majesty, was the Near One (al-Muqarrab)... etc.'"

He says: 'Then He remained manifest in His heaven through His Unveiled Form (al-Surah al-Anza’iyya), which neither changes nor fades, informing them of what is and what shall happen, until my Lord manifested in the Human Manifestation.'

He says: 'Thus, the Unveiled Nature (Anza'iyya) of the Lord, the Form of His Oneness, and the Prime Matter (Hayula) of His Power became clear. For she [the Form] is the Prime Matter of all Prime Matters and the Foundation of all Motions... up to his saying: "There is no god but He—whose Essence is Everlastingness (al-Samadaniyya), whose Pre-eternity is Eternity (al-Sarmadaniyya), whose Veil is Divinity (al-Lahutiyya), whose Station is Supreme Might (al-Jabarutiyya), and whose Form is the Unveiledness (al-Anza’iyya)."'

He says: 'The believer beholds Him through Luminosity, while the disbeliever beholds Him through Humanness (al-