The Myrtle (al-Ās) is Salmān.

The Marigold (al-Adhariyūn) is Hamza.

The Citron (al-Utrunj) is the M (al-Mīm).

The Bitter Orange (al-Nāranj) is Ḥumrān.

This Basil (al-Rayḥān) represents the person of our Master Ṣaʿṣaʿa ibn Ṣawḥān al-ʿAbdī.

This corresponds also to what was mentioned in the Liturgy of Ranks and Degrees (Quddās al-Marātib wa al-Daraj) after mentioning the names of the degrees of the ranks, which is:

'These are the names of the forty-nine degrees of the Luminous Macrocosm. The Almighty has named them in His Mighty Book with the names of these worldly things—such as the Fig, the Olive, the Date Palm, the Grapes, and other names mentioned in the Quran—so that their names would be corresponding to the persons of the degrees of the Luminous Macrocosm (al-ʿĀlam al-Akbar).

Thus, the interpretation of what has appeared in the Quran of these names is outwardly (ẓāhiran) applied to these worldly things, and inwardly (bāṭinan) applied to the names of the degrees of the Luminous Macrocosm.

I say: The proof of that is these vanishing earthly metals which they call Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, Mercury, and the Moon—which are lead, tin, iron, gold, copper, mercury, and silver. This indicates the