“And by her Essence [Ma'na], a form became apparent to my eye,

Yet upon manifestation, she was never conjoined with a physical form.”

The Allamah said: "‘She became apparent by her Essence’: meaning she manifested through her holy selfhood; and the Essence (al-Ma‘na) is the reality of the intended thing. His saying: ‘to my eye’ means according to the vision of the eye, not in reality." Within this verse, there is an indication toward affirming the manifestation of the Essence through the Names and Attributes, alongside transcendence and divestment from formal configuration and limitation.

And al-Makzun, Allah sanctified his secret, said in one of his supplications:

"He has guided whosoever affirmed Your power and negated Your physical form."

And he said in another supplication:

"The One transcended above mixing with mortals, and above accompaniment with physical forms."

And our Master, the Commander of the Faithful, glorified is his glory, said in his description of the angels: