It is said to be 'Allah' because it is the name of the Essence characterized by all attributes—meaning the one designated by all names. Existence (al-wujud) is the Truth's realization (wijdan) of His own Essence; for this reason, the Presence of Gathering (Hadrat al-Jam') is called the Presence of Existence (Hadrat al-Wujud).
Gathering (al-Jam') is the witnessing of the Truth without creation, while the Gathering of Gathering (Jam' al-Jam') is the witnessing of the detailed within the general; it is the vision of multiplicity within the Unitary Essence (al-Dhat al-Ahadiyyah). Thus, the witnessing of the general within the detailed is the vision of oneness within multiplicity.
Excellence (al-Ihsan) is the realization of servitude upon the stages of the Presence of Lordship (Hadrat al-Rububiyyah) through the light of insight—meaning the vision of the Truth characterized by the very essence of His attribute; so he sees Him with certainty, yet he does not see Him in ultimate reality (haqiqatan). Vision only occurs through the stripping away of the traces of your attributes from you by His attributes, the Exalted, because He is the Actor through you,




