of the Ayn was placed in the outward via Prophethood: {He neither begets nor is born, Nor is there to Him any equivalent} [Surat al-Ikhlas]. The Black Stone is al-Miqdad.
And the extended wall upon the Hijr: the Jim [Ja’far], brother of the Ayn [Ali]. The Sanctuary [Haram]: Lu’ay bin Ghalib, the last of the exemplary stations that stood before the Seventh Zay. The step upon which one enters the House is the person of the Gate [Bab]. Maqam Ibrahim: the Mim known by attribution to the Ba [Muhammad bin Abi Bakr].
Safa and Marwa: the Alif [the Meaning/Ali] and Abu Dharr. The Well of Zamzam: the Fa [Fatir/Fatima].
The Waymarks [Masha’ir]: the twelve Chiefs [Nuqaba] as we mentioned them and their names have preceded. The Lamps [Qanadil]: the knowledge of the World of the Kingdom [Malakut]. The Miqats: the Five Orphans.
The Two Markers: the Gates. The Symbols [Sha’a’ir]: the Sin [Salman] (the Traditions). The Milestones [Amyal]: they are the Believers by whom one walks toward the World of Purity [Safa]. Umrah: it is Gnosis [Ma’rifa]. Rituals [Munasik]: the branches of the Hajj, which is the knowledge of the Great Luminous World.
Circumambulation [Tawaf] was only legislated as a reference to the Manifestation there. Tawaf: their Certainty [Yaqin] (their acquisition) of




