Yet they are intermingled with the believers within the human description, existing upon a single state and a single form from the standpoint of physical appearance; however, they differ in their following of paths, and in their inclination toward truth or falsehood.

[131] For this reason, the Master Al-Sadiq—His glory is mighty—said: 'The believers are human in their physical temples, luminous in their spirits; and the disbelievers are human in their physical temples, satanic in their spirits.'

And the illuminations of the six cosmoses have poured forth over the entirety of them: out of the illumination of the luminous cosmos comes the light within their eyes, through which they behold everything in existence; out of the illumination of the essential cosmos comes the quintessence of their hearts, from which understanding, memory, discernment [al-tamyiz], and perception shone forth—for the heart possesses neither eyes, nor ears, nor intrinsic intellect, but rather, through its essence, it perceives things and encompasses them in comprehension. It is the king of the body, and all the senses are its subjects, compliant to it in whatever it desires; out of the illumination of the aerial cosmos come their movements,