discipline for us, so that through him we may find the path to the gnosis of the Lord, the Exalted.
Verify then that He manifests in shifting and diverse forms. Just as you have seen me seek evidence for Him and pursue Him, so should you be wise and discerning: seek Him and find evidence for His gnosis, for He is not veiled from you. Rather, God is the Manifest Truth (Al-Haqq al-Mubin). That which is 'manifest' is what one looks upon and witnesses; and that which you behold is the Manifest Truth, the True God Who said, Glorified be He: 'I have done, I have created.' And none says 'I' other than the Essential Meaning (Al-Ma’na), the Commander of the Faithful, may His might be exalted 1 .
He says: And regarding the saying of the Almighty: 'Go with this shirt of mine and cast it over the face of my father; he will regain his sight. And bring me all your family' 2 . This is the Shirt of the Essence (Qamis al-Dhat) and His manifestation in the Josephian Form."
He says: 'And when his Lord manifested to the mountain, He rendered it as dust, and Moses fell unconscious. When he recovered,