and he said: "They are the veils through which the Lord manifested to the world of luminous subtleness [alam al-latafah], and they represent the ultimate realities of the Name [Al-Ism] and the Gate [Al-Bab]; and His manifestation reached its perfection before the world of spiritual distinction [alam al-ikhtisas]."

And Al-Suwwaq al-Basri—may Allah forgive him—said in verse:

O Father of Fathers, O You who have no partner!

Unto You is my purpose, and within meeting You is my high anticipation.

If my sins, O my Master, veil me from You,

You are still not, O my Master, ever hidden from Your creation.

The veils are but Your Most Beautiful Names, while You are to them

The inner Meaning; and through the veils, the Master of the Veils is invoked.