rejection of the outward (al-ẓāhir) as well, and demonstrates that the sun, the moon, and the remaining planets are other than these earthly metals. It further points to the negation of belief in outward images and the affirmation of what is intended by them of inward meanings and persons.

What has been mentioned among the names of the Gate (al-Bāb) in the Books of Monotheism are: The Chair (al-Kursī), the Water, the Gate, the Mountain, Mount Sinai, the Crow, the She-camel, the Staff, the Seal, the Ant, the Hoopoe, the Guardian (al-Kālī), the Cradle, the Throne, the Adze, the Trumpet (al-Ṣūr), the Wall (al-Sūr), the Creation, the Drink, the Rope (al-Rashā), the Bucket, the Cause (al-Sabab), al-Kawthar, the Balance (al-Mīzān), Justice (al-ʿAdl), Equity (al-Qisṭ), the Clarity (al-Bayān), the Proof (al-Burhān), the Caller (al-Dāʿī), the Announcer (al-Munādī), the Path (al-Sabīl), the Mosque, the Serpent, the Ark, the Tablet, the Pen, the Cow..."

Confirming this meaning, supporting it, establishing it, and providing further clarification are the names of these twelve Zodiac signs, which the denying People of the Outward (Ahl al-Ẓāhir) do not deny, let alone the believing People of the Inward (Ahl al-Bāṭin).

This is because the celestial Zodiac sign of Aries (al-Ḥamal), which is named after the earthly lamb, has luminous, shining mansions (manāzil), which are: al-Sharaṭayn, al-Buṭayn, and one-third of al-Thurayyā (the Pleiades). Among the wandering planets, its planet is