And its most complete and highest, because in it is the knowledge of the True God, the affirmation of His oneness, and the negation of any partner for Him; Exalted is Allah far above what they associate [with Him].
The fifth indication regarding the esoteric meaning of the prayer and the orientation
The Fifth Indication regarding the Inward of the Prayer and the Facing [Tawajju]
Know that the outward of facing is the turning of the prayer's face, upon entering the manifest prayer, toward the House placed in Bakka [Mecca].
This was only legislated toward it to manifest the manifestation [Tajalli] from it and the radiance of the Lord's light from its direction. Therefore, it was named the House of Allah because He manifested the birth within it—Exalted is He whom the regions1 [note 1: or thoughts] do not contain and whom times and ages do not change. It is a proof of the Greatest Veil [Al-Hijab al-A'zam]. The meaning of that will follow in the chapter of Hajj.
As for the manner of facing it in the outward: it is the cessation of the prayer's turning of the face to other than its direction, from the




