Sayyid Abu Said (may Allah sanctify him) indicated this meaning in the treatise Al-Murshida, saying: "When He—sanctified are His names and exalted is His mention—willed the manifestation of the Place (al-Makan), which is the Name and the Veil, He split from His Essence what was joined (Ratq)..." until his saying: "He manifested from that a Light in the definition of which soaring intellects were lost, and from the qualification of which the pure minds of hearts were restricted."

Regarding Al-Jali (may Allah sanctify him) in the treatise Al-Fatq wa al-Ratq, it is narrated that the Scholar (peace be upon him) was asked about the station of the Mim (Muhammad) in relation to the Ain (Ali). He said: "A station that transcends all measure and rises above all risk; no number can reach it, and no 'one' (Ahad) can perceive it out of awe and majesty. None knows it except the Pre-eternal (al-Azal)—the Exalted."

The Scholar was asked about the rank of the Sin (the Gate) in relation to his Master [the Name]? He said: "It is a perfecting rank and a comprehensive virtue; no encompasser can surround it, no distribution can reach it, and none knows it except Master Muhammad..."

Similarly, our Sheikh and Master Abu Abdallah al-Husayn ibn Hamdan al-Khasibi (may Allah sanctify his person) mentioned in his