And his saying: "Its beginning is testimony (Shahada), its middle is elevation (Rifa'a), and its end is knowledge (Ma'rifa)."

The persons of its days and nights have been mentioned in the books of Oneness (Tawhid) specifically to denote that, because they did not mention the personification of the days and nights of any month other than it. Likewise is the saying regarding the Seven Days who are the Name (Ism), the Gate (Bab), and the Orphans (Aytam); they are but the days of the entirety of Eternity (Dahr). Were it not for that, we would not suffice with their personification alone; rather, it would have been mandatory for the Unitarians to personify all their cycles that rotate through the passage of time in the persons of others forever.

Likewise, if the month of Ramadan were other than the remaining months, it would have also been mandatory for the Unitarians to personify the days and nights of the rest of the rotating months with persons other than these persons, as well as the hours and the times of the prayers the five, whose persons have remained as they are even if the days, months, and times changed.

Indeed, the People of Oneness have sufficed with this personification because all the rotating months, days, times, and hours refer back to one cycle, just as their persons refer back to one person. They have established for them a foundation indicating creation (Takwin), because the causes of these types come from the direction of