just as we have previously established that each of the manifestations witnesses the Essence according to its own state of being, and sees It in a manner that those below it cannot see. And the white point, which is the veil of the light, is that which is called the central [point]—meaning that it is the center of the lights and the gatherer of the secrets. Thus, the Gate was named a radiance [diya'] due to its exclusivity with that gaze over whoever is below it. And the fourth, compass-like point [al-bikariyyah] is the shadow which is the veil of the radiance, and it is the gaze of the Orphan [al-Yatim] and whoever follows him among the luminous worlds; and its testifying evidence is His saying, the Most High: {Have you not seen how your Lord extends the shadow? And if He willed, He could have made it still. Then We made the sun a guide to it. Then We withdrew it unto Us a gentle withdrawal.} ¹

And Al-Raddad said in his treatise: The author of the "Book of Examination" [Kitab al-Fahs] said: "He asked you concerning the absence and the insight." The respondent said: "And what do you desire regarding the insight?"