He says: These [qualities] do not unite except for the one who believes in the Ocular Existence (al-Wujud al-'Ayni). For what [true] witnessing can occur for the denier, even if he claims it? 1
Through me, parables are struck for the people regarding You,
And I have a likeness among You, yet He has no equal.
He says: This Likeness (al-Mathal) which has no peer or equal, alludes to the existence of the Universal Essence through the Visual Form; and She is Exalted above parables, rivals, and forms.
The utterance of the Call from Him made clear to me,
What was hidden from me, [yet] dwelling within my Essence.
He says: Meaning the Sublime Essence, the Inaccessible Unseen.
'Within my Essence': Its manifestation through the Visual Form according to the [visual] perspective, or by way of Gnosis (Ma'rifa) and Knowledge—not by way of Incarnation (Hulul). This belongs to the category of: 'He whose Power is thus'.
He appeared like the Crescent (al-Hilal), then
became a Full Moon (Badran),
And journeyed toward the Waning Phase (al-Sarar) without [ever] ceasing to exist.