imagery, movements, and changing states, He remains unchanged in His Essence (Kiyan), even if He manifests to the [servant's] sight.
Indeed, the two deniers of this are the First and the Second, and those who follow them. The Exalted said: {Woe, that Day, to the deniers} (Al-Mursalat 15); and that is repeated ten times in a single Surah as a reference to the deniers and their rejection of the Meaning, the Name, the Gate (al-Bab), and the Five Orphans (al-Aytam al-Khamsa), as well as the Greater and Lesser Worlds.
He referred here to the deniers in general, just as He referred to the Worlds of Light in general; it has many meanings and numerous aspects besides these. Measure the rest of the Quranic names and addresses accordingly, for He—the Exalted—did not repeat anything except for an esoteric meaning (ma‘nan batin), whether it be praised (mahmudan), blameworthy (madhmuman), or neglected (muhmalan), as its clarification will follow, God the Exalted willing.
So observe, O seeker, these meanings and contemplate these names that fall upon the praised, the blameworthy, and the neglected among celestial and earthly things. I have presented examples to you by mentioning the contradictory statements and the worldly names that are applied to celestial persons, as previously stated.
It was my desire to mention the praised and the blameworthy in the Quran among these names, but I departed from this objective by mentioning the dissimulation (al-talbis), the explicit declaration (al-




