For he is the path to religious gnoses, to which He (Glory be to Him) pointed by His saying: {Guide us to the Straight Path}. He was named by the name "Noblest Gate" because by accepting his science, the acceptance of entry into the gate of religious gnoses and faith in them is achieved. From him is the exit of sciences to all universes, celestial and terrestrial, each according to their capacity and their acceptance of the illumination occurring for them through him. From him also all celestial lights appear, and through him they disappear, like a gate through which one exits and also enters. To this meaning the Gnostic refers by his saying: "To the Gate I intended, to the Name I prostrated, and the Meaning in reality I worshipped." Our Master pointed us toward this meaning by his saying: "My outward is the inward of my Name, and the outward of my Name is the inward of my Gate."

The author of the (Egyptian) Treatise [Al-Risala al-Misriyya] explained the meaning of this statement, saying: "That is, I am not known except through my Name, and my Name is not known except through the Gate."

Al-Sayyid al-Makzun—may Allah sanctify him—said regarding this meaning in verse:

I entered the Gate, the gate of Bani Numayr,

so the face of acceptance met me there.

My prostration was for Ahmad the Guide,