“No two individuals are equal in looking upon Him; thus, the dark world perceives Him in accordance with their own turbidity—the defect lies within the onlooker, not within the Object looked upon—and their eyes and hearts fluctuate: {And We will turn their hearts and their eyes just as they refused to believe in it the first time.} 1 Therefore, incapacity, mortality, and other states of created beings which the people of turbidity witnessed within the Form are nothing but the veil of sins that shielded them from recognizing Him. Thus, pointing toward Him on that basis or affirming it is impermissible; rather, He is declared transcendent above it after affirming the witnessed Outward manifestation, which is the very same One-and-Only Essence (‘ayn al-Dhāt al-Aḥadiyyah).”
And he, Allah sanctified his secret, stated:
“Thus, the doctrine of the Sheikh is the affirmation of direct, objective existence (al-wujūd al-‘aynī)—the visible Form—while declaring It transcendent, singular, and unique,