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The Clarification of Wills in the Forms of Acts of Worship - Volume 2 - Habib Eid Al-Saleh

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And it was said: to indicate the extension of the Orphan from those three ranks. He was named with the name Orphan (Yatim) because he is the Unique (Al-Munfared) who has no peer. This name may be applied to all the [five] Orphans because each of them is unique in his rank and has no peer from all the heavenly hosts below him; and apply this measure to the rest of the persons and manifestations.

He is not described by manifestation (Al-Zuhur) nor by hiddenness (Al-Butun) except from the perspective of the created beings.

Know that He (the Exalted) made for each of these days a night corresponding to it, to indicate that each person among these persons consists of two aspects: the Spirit represented by the Night, and the Body represented by the Day. Therefore, the Creator (the Exalted) is described by Inwardness (Butun) and Manifestation (Zuhur), because every creature perceives Him through their own dual nature of spirit and body. Yet He (Glory be to Him) is transcendent above diversity, and {there is nothing like unto Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing}.

Just as the spirit is not seen, likewise the Inwardness is not seen. And just as names and attributes only apply to the body, likewise names and attributes only apply to the Manifestation, for it pertains to the created body—just as Inwardness pertains to the ancient spirit.

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