And according to what the verifiers [Nuqqat] interpreted it: the separation is the invention of the Name from the light of the Essence and its separation from it after it had been connected to it; so it was, upon its separation, a Name and a veil, and it became, upon its connection, a universal Meaning.

And Abu Said said in the Book of Search and Guidance: Indeed, the connection of the eternal of the Mim to the light of the Essence is a connection of proximity and elevation of degree, not a connection of intermingling and mixing; but when existence is stripped and transcendence occurs, the depiction joins the location that befits it.

[71] And for that, our master Al-Sadiq, His glory is mighty, said: Whoever knows the locations of the attribute has reached the settling point of gnosis.

And Al-Darwishi said in his treatise according to what the trustworthy authorities, may Allah have mercy on them in death, narrated: When the essential manifestation is witnessed, the belief in the veil becomes void.

[72] And Al-Sadiq, His glory is mighty, said: Every manifest that is transient from its inward is distinct, and every veil that is distinct from that which is veiled by it is transient,