This is exactly as the Allamah, Sheikh Sulayman al-Ahmad, Allah sanctified his secret, stated:

"Verily, the unknown Boundary is the very same known Boundary that manifested to every genre like unto its own genre; thus, the Inward (al-bāṭin) is the Outward (al-ẓāhir). And whosoever believes that the unassailable Hiddenness is something other than the Form does not comprehend what the doctrine of the Sheikh actually is."

And he, Allah sanctified his secret, also stated:

"Verily, the Form through which He makes Himself recognized to His creation is not something other than the Essence."

Furthermore, it is stated in Risālat al-Ikhlāṣ:

"Whosoever says: 'The Form has an Other behind it,' has indeed associated partners with Allah (ashraka) and nullified the Essence. Along with that, he has rendered the manifestation of the Ma‘na (the Meaning/Essence) to be without reality, thereby nullifying its existence and its affirmation."

And al-Raddād, Allah sanctified his secret, stated: