it would mean [He was hidden] by it. And indeed, it cannot be said of Him that He is a light, because He is the Illuminator of every light.

And the Sheikh Husayn Ahmad said in his treatise: One of the scholars was asked and it was said to him: "By what did you know Allah?" He said: "He manifested, so I found Him." It was said: "At what time did He manifest so that you found Him?" He said: "At the time in which He said: 'Am I not your Lord?' [Alastu bi-Rabbikum]. And He became inward, so I knew Him." It was said: "At what time did He become inward so that you knew Him?" He said: "By the manifestation of His actions through me. And He became absent, yet I witnessed Him." It was said: "And how did He become absent yet you witnessed Him?" He said: "He did not become absent with the absence of cessation; rather, I became absent from Him due to the evil of my deeds."

[100] And he said in the treatise "The Near Clusters" [Daniyat al-Qutuf]: "Indeed, Allah the Most High has never ceased to be All-Knowing and All-Powerful; He is Knowledge in His entirety, Power in His entirety. His knowledge is not other than Him, nor is His power besides Him."