Whichever animal possesses these clean anatomical markers belongs to the re-embodied processing stream [Naskh]. Furthermore, whatever creature among these biological classifications emerges from a womb possesses external ears, whereas whatever creature emerges from an egg is the structural inverse. As for the mineral classifications, they consist of unrefined gold-ore [tibr], pearls, and rubies; thus chrysolite [al-zabarjad] is a product of botanical dislocation [Faskh], whereas iron, lead, and copper are products of dense inanimate fixation [Raskh]."'

[201] And al-Sayyid Abu Shu'ayb—upon him be peace—stated in Kitab al-Mithal wa-al-Surah: 'Thus, stones, plants, and iron are simultaneously physical bodies and living souls. There exists absolutely nothing in creation except that it possesses, within its own essence, a conscious soul that experiences whatever arrives at it—even if it is externally non-verbal and immobile. As for the verbal and the mobile sub-human entities, they belong strictly to the macro-animal transfigurations [al-musukh].'