He named it 'Intellect' (Aql); it answered and obeyed, A creation of 'opening and closing' from a King who fashioned [it].

And he [this Light] is His upright path.

If His appearance were not an act of justice from the Eternal Creator,

No hope would be valid for the creation,

Nor would knowledge benefit, nor would action be correct. Blessed be Allah, the Ancient, Who never ceases

To be Manifest in the world, not hidden.

He appeared to us at the beginning of time,

Seven Domes (Qibāb), clear to the [spiritual] vision.

Consisting of the Veils (Hujub), the Gates (Abwāb), and the Meanings (Ma'āni);

No place was ever devoid of them.

The first of these Domes was 'Abelian' [Abel];

Abel was the first of them when [the cycle] was initiated.

[Followed by Seth], then Joseph and Joshua—the manifest ones—