"Were there days and nights before the creation of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, so that I may recognize from you their affair?" He said: "O Jabir, the reference is only to the days, the nights, and the attributes which alternate among mankind; those are the ones concerning which Allah said to His Messenger: 'And remind them of the days of Allah' [Wadhakkirhum bi-Ayyami-Llah]."

Jabir said: Then he remained silent for a long while, and said: "Those are His attributes in the first of His manifestations, and His names connected to Him from His chosen elite, and His stations fashioned from His finest select choices." Jabir said: "Then describe for me, O my Master, the six houses that were fashioned for the six lights within the six manifestations." He said: "Messengers from among you who were brought near and thus made close, and who connected and thus became joined, until He came to be through them, from them, and with them."

[103] Then he, His glory is mighty, said after a long discourse: "Indeed, Allah—exalted is His station—manifests to His devotee [wali] when the devotee is subtle, high, and fully mature, having realized his maturity, reached his full strength, and established himself at the final step among the steps of the formal,