as if it were a pearly star shining due to its being the hidden person from among the luminous, Nominal personages whose name appeared while his person remained hidden from ocular vision.

And within the bowing (ruku'), prostration (sujud), magnification (takbir), testament (tashahhud), salutation (taslim), sitting (julus), audible recitation (jahr), silent recitation (makhafatah), and glorification (tasbih), are laws and allusions that connect whoever attaches himself to them with the supported Light that manifests in the world of visibility—the world of the Universal Intellect which has encompassed everything in knowledge, force, capability, authority, and majesty; He who appeared through the miraculous and became hidden through incapacity. Thus, His appearance is an intimacy and a mercy, while His hiddenness is a grace and a favor.

[258] And the Knower, His glory is might, said: "The male believer is scarcer than red sulfur, and the female believer is scarcer still than him."

The answer: "The male believer" is Salman, "red sulfur" is al-Miqdad, and "the female believer who is scarcer still than him" is Umm Salamah.