Nature is recognized. The Intellect [al-'Aql] is above the Soul, and by means of the Intellect, the Soul is recognized. Furthermore, the Intellect—which guides and leads directly to the Soul—is recognized by means of the Divine [al-Ilah], whose power is magnified: the Singular One, regarding whom the absolute impossibility of comprehending His quiddity [mahiyyah] has been made manifest, since it was previously stated as an axiom that a thing cannot be recognized except by means of that which stands above it.
...Up to his saying: 'Plato said: "Verily, I traversed the three heavens: the heaven of complex nature, the heaven of simple nature, and the heaven of the Soul; yet I found no passable route there. Then I pulled upon Nature, and it was drawn [unto me] 1
Then he said: 'And from the Gate [al-Bab] emanated the psychical form [al-surah al-nafsaniyyah], the celestial splendor, the holy majesty, the luminous bodies, and the permanent, eternal, full-moon-like form [al-surah al-badriyyah]—which is manifest to objective existence, perpetually connected to the Adored One, perceived by direct ocular vision [al-'ayan],