One of them is that it is a Name among the names of the Meaning [Al-Ma'na]—Exalted and High is He—by the proof of his [Ali's] saying, peace be from him: "I am Death." Toward this, the indication of the Name [Muhammad]—unto him be submission—occurred: "The most honorable of you in the sight of Allah are those who remember death the most and those most prepared for it." Regarding his attribution to his Meaning, the Name was described by His (the Exalted) saying: {Indeed, you are dead, and indeed they are dead. Then indeed, you on the Day of Resurrection, before your Lord, will dispute} (Az-Zumar 30-31). It is [also] said regarding the Accursed Opposite, whom the Name—unto him be submission—informed of his slaughter between Paradise and Fire. And it is said regarding the soul of the veiled believer; and toward this, the indication occurred in His (the Exalted) saying: {And whoever gives it life, it is as if he gave life to all of mankind} (Al-Ma'idah 32).

And "giving it life" is by casting the science of Monotheism [Tawhid] into it, through which everything lives. Toward this, the indication occurred in His (the Exalted) saying: {And We made from water every living thing. Then will they not believe?} (Al-Anbiya 30).

For the thing is broader than what is revived by natural water in the outward of the matter; and it is sometimes said by the True Gate.

I say: I would like to present to you, O seeker, some of what has been mentioned of the verses of the four heavenly books, the sayings of