The Soul is the light of the Intellect and its emanation, which the Creator caused to flow from it. The Primary Matter is the shadow of the Soul and its cast reflection, and the Detached Forms are the inscriptions, dyes, and shapes with which the Soul enveloped the Primary Matter, by the permission of Allah, the Exalted, and through His perpetual support of the Soul via the Intellect. The likeness of this is the flashing of lightning, the illumination of sunlight through the air, the lighting up of vision, and the sight of things all at once without time.

Verily, the primary matter of wisdom unites with the cosmic will of form, because it is a primary matter receptive to all things. It is a celestial substance, a celestial power, heavenly causes, and an intellectual power connected to spiritual substances and soulful personages. From it issued the power connected to the sages, which is the Holy Spirit (Ruh al-Quds) descending upon the prophets, peace be upon them, via revelation from heaven, and upon it rests the derived knowledge of the scholars.

Al-Jili the Sufi:

"And the Angel designated with taking souls (the Angel of Death) possesses a complete,