Nor would it behold the verified reality of dreams in its waking state
After that [reality] had been historically perceived within the realm of possibility.
And from the Book of Perpetuity [Kitab al-Ta'bid] by the Master al-Kilazi—Allah sanctified his soul: 'Allah created the world from the pure clarity of the light of His power, and by His will and volition He established them as pure, perceiving, conscious, and discerning lights—transparent, illuminating bodies.'
And Ibn al-Makzun also said [in verse]:
For Him, the earth became the heaven of intellects
And within it, the souls long for the celestial heaven.
And Hasan ibn Hamza al-Sufi said in the eighth admonition of the third rule: 'My father, al-Qasim al-Hussein ibn Muhammad al-Asfahani, said in the Book of the Two Existences [Kitab al-Nash'atayn]: "The attainment of happiness proceeds upon three facets:
The first facet: Verily, the Creator—the Most High—innovated man as a microcosm ['alaman saghiran] in terms of volume and physical measure,




