for the intellect of a creature to encompass, as one of the Gnostics said in his poetry:

The inability to reach perception is itself perception, And searching for the secret of the Essence of the Secret.

Our Master, the Commander of the Faithful, said: "Every outward thing other than Him is inward, and every inward thing other than Him is not outward." This is so we may know with certainty that {There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing} (Al-Shura 11). Parables were only established to bring understanding closer to the mind, not because He—the Exalted—is actually like the parable that represents Him. Rather, He is the Exalted, far above what the sayers attribute to Him.

Among the subtle meanings and hidden secrets indicating that these weekly days are parables pointing to a symbolized reality—as we previously stated—are their very names, which the Trustees (Awsiya), Prophets, Messengers, and all of humanity have agreed to use.