He made it veiled by the body, inward-facing through five attributes: hearing, sight, speech, touch, and grasping power. He manifested for him within the physical creation five attributes—dormant entities that are termed 'the five' and are called his inward senses. Thus, within the two ears is his hearing, within the two eyes is his sight, within the nose is his smell, and within the luminous cosmos is a light that has become veiled within the heart; this is the essential discourse [al-hadith al-jawhari] regarding their saying: 'The spirit resides within the soul, not within the body.' It possesses five inward attributes within its recesses: two within the heart, which are understanding and discernment [al-tasyir / al-tamyiz]; one within the two eyes, which is the seeing spirit [al-ruh al-basirah]; and two within the head, which are cogitation and recollection.

Then he said: 'And within the physical creation there are mountains, valleys, caves, grottoes, and springs. Within it are three hundred and sixty organs, matching the number of the lunar mansions and the lights, and among these are what the ribs encompass. Within the back are twenty-eight vertebrae, matching the number of the letters [of the alphabet], through which the form was erected—and everything is erected through the letters.