He says: 'Appeared like the Crescent': The letter Kaf is for likeness—Exalted is He above any equal or peer; and if He has a 'likeness', then the likeness is Him.

In His Shadow (Zhilluhu), he who deviated from His

Limit (Hadd) went astray,

And he who was mighty became humbled in

deficiency, after he had increased.

He says: The allusion to 'the one who deviated from His limit' refers to those who deny the [True] Existence because of the perceived similarity of the Form [to human form] and the witnessed incapacity [of the material].

Indeed, the constriction of Despair has seized the expansion of Hope,

By the Midday Sun within the Crescent of the Darkness.

He says: His saying 'By the Midday Sun within the Crescent of the Darkness' means: [The Essence] is manifested [within the Form]. These are expressions for the Form of Omnipotence (Surat al-Qahr) and the Form of Grace (Surat al-Lutf)—Majesty and Beauty.