they are nurtured as though they were a pure light completely divested of material density from every direction. At that structural stage, they witness the Divinity encompassing the totality of existence, residing at the loftiest watchtower. His emanation [fayd] is perpetual, connected to everything in precise accordance with its ontological receptivity [al-istihqaq]. That human being will have then harmonized with ultimate existence in both their essence and spiritual posture, numbering among those who have achieved direct, face-to-face confrontation [al-muwajahah], uninterrupted connection [with the divine], and absolute detachment from the dark realms and the ruinous physical isthmuses [al-barazij al-murdiyat].'

Then he said: 'And by the volition of the Universal Intellect [al-'Aql], the simple soul came into being—which is the absolute Gate [al-Bab] in truth. And from that soul, which is the Gate, emerged the simple elements [al-taba'i' al-mufradah], which are the lofty, celestial persons from whom the complex, material compound natures were subsequently generated .

And they have narrated that a thing cannot be recognized except by means of that which stands above it. Thus, the Soul [al-Nafs] is above Nature [al-Tabi'ah], and by means of the Soul,