Supplication of the Beloved... The esoteric interpretations of Prayer.

And He, Glory be to Him, did not describe His essence with those attributes except to indicate that He is the one we see through those attributes, as He Almighty pointed to this meaning by His saying: {[Adhere to] the coloring of God (Sibghat Allah), and who is better than God in coloring? And we are worshippers of Him.} (Al-Baqarah: 138).

In language, the "coloring of God" is His religion, and the coloring of God is His primordial nature (Fitrah) upon which He created people. And He, Glory be to Him, has represented for us His existence to His servants by the dyed coloring, so that you may know with certainty that the colors and forms return to the observer, just as the colors of the dye return to the dye, not to the dyed garment. He Almighty said: {So return [your] vision; do you see any flaws (Fatur)? Then return [your] vision twice again. [Your] vision will return to you humbled while it is fatigued.} (Al-Mulk: 3-4).

Its meaning is: that the fluctuation is in the vision of the observer, not in His Almighty’s existence.

So gain insight (Tabassar), O brother, into the esoteric religion (al-Din al-Batin) to which He Almighty and all the messengers pointed, and the lack of division and disagreement within it; then [gain insight] into the religion claimed by the people of disbelief and misguidance and their disagreements within it. And say in your supplication: