and others that are allegorical [Mutashabihat]. The clear ones represent the manifestations of the Meaning by the Essence [bi-al-Dhat], while the allegorical ones represent His manifestations as the attribute of His Name. Furthermore, they are also the clear manifestations of the seven fires: the fire of Abel [Habil], the fire of Abraham, and three for Moses—the glowing coal [Al-Qabas], the meteor [Al-Shihab], and the burning brand [Al-Jadhwah]—and the fire of Abdullah ibn Saba. And within the 'Commentary on the Six Cosmoses' [Sharh al-Akwan al-Sittah] is an explanation of what belongs to each cosmos out of these, and how man is created, how his organs are structured, and how he is sustained eternally by the physical elements, as a similitude of those intellectual substances branching out from the shadows of cosmic realities, alongside the mysteries, secrets, and wonders contained within man."

[128] The Sheikh Salih Nasir said in his book "Spiritual Creeds" [Al-Aqa'id al-Ruhiyyah], quoting from the book "Guidance for the Seeker" [Hidayat al-Mustarshid] by Abu Salih al-Daylami: Al-Sadiq—His glory is mighty—said to Al-Mufaddal—upon him be peace: "As for the first, luminous cosmos, it is Salman, and we are within it; the second,